Sleep"y (?), a. [Compar. Sleepier (?); superl. Sleepiest.] [AS. slpig. See Sleep, n.]
1.
Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
Shak.
She waked her sleepy crew.
Dryden.
2.
Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
Chaucer.
3.
Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
Shak.
'Tis not sleepy business;
But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
Shak.
4.
Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Sleepy duck Zool., the ruddy duck.
© Webster 1913.