Drow″sy (?), a. [Compar.Drowsier (?); superl.Drowsiest.] 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. “When I am drowsy.” Shak.
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.
To our age's drowsy blood
Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell.
2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. Tennyson.
3. Dull; stupid. “ Drowsy reasoning.” Atterbury.
Syn. — Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.