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slumbrous.

Adjective
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Sleepy, drowsy, or tending to lull someone toward sleep.

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  • slumbrous eyes
  • a slumbrous afternoon
  • slumbrous warmth

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Slumbrous warmth gathered beneath the low ceiling while the rain kept its slow rhythm.
He lifted slumbrous eyes from the chair when the latch moved.

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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Comparative more slumbrous; superlative most slumbrous where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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