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Slumbrous

adjective
1.
Quiet and tranquil.  Synonym: slumberous.
2.
Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.  Synonyms: slumberous, slumbery, somnolent.  "'slumbery' is archaic" , "The sound had a somnolent effect"






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"Slumbrous" Quotes from Famous Books



... reclining, pipe in mouth, on a patch of pennyroyal, trying to re-peruse one of Ouida's novels, and thinking (ah! your worship's a wanton) what a sweet, spicy, piquant thing it must be to be lured to destruction by a tawny-haired tigress with slumbrous dark eyes. No such romance for the annalist, ...
— Such is Life • Joseph Furphy



Words linked to "Slumbrous" :   relaxing, restful, slumbery, reposeful, somnolent, asleep, slumber



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