But the nightdress was heavy, the sleepy in her eyes was heavy, her hair (she made a mustache of one of its locks) was heavy and smelled of cigarettes.
If you are sleepy, you are very tired and are almost asleep. I was beginning to feel amazingly sleepy + sleepily sleepi·ly Joanna sat up, blinking sleepily. + sleepiness sleepi·ness He tried to fight the sleepiness that overwhelmed him
ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"
ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students