slumberous

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The brig was fairly steady and the air hot and slumberous, and with an easy assurance that nobody would hit him while in that position, he allowed his head to fall on his chest and dropped off into a light sleep It became evident to him the following afternoon that they were nearing Bystermouth.

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  1. adjective Sleepy; drowsy.
  2. adjective Suggestive of or resembling sleep: a slumberous torpor.
  3. adjective Quiet; tranquil.

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  • William James sat there with his quiet slumberous-seeming body, watching her: watching the quick radiance of her fair face, and the charm of her bearing. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • But they melted away in silence; and then the dreamy quietness of the hour stole over Olive's sense She thought of many things--things which might have been sad, but for the slumberous peace that took away all pain. —  Olive A Novel
  • The brig was fairly steady and the air hot and slumberous, and with an easy assurance that nobody would hit him while in that position, he allowed his head to fall on his chest and dropped off into a light sleep It became evident to him the following afternoon that they were nearing Bystermouth. —  Light Freights
  • The Hebrew Sheol or underworld, the common abode of the dead, is depicted in the Old Testament as a vast, slumberous, shadowy, subterranean realm, gloomy and silent. —  The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
  • But just as much in reality Polly could not hold a candle to Flower, for she had a sort of a languorous, slumberous, grace, which exactly suited her name; there was a kind of etherealness about her, an absolutely out-of-the-common look, which made people glance at her again and again, each time to discover how very lovely she was Flower was a perfect contrast to David, being as fair as he was dark. —  Polly A New-Fashioned Girl
 

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