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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
drowsy/ˈdraʊzi/

▶adjective (drowsier, drowsiest) sleepy and lethargic.

– derivatives
drowsily adverb,
drowsiness noun.

– origin C15: prob. from the stem of OE drūsian ‘be languid or slow’, of Gmc origin; rel. to dreary.

'drowsy' also found in these Oxford entries:

doze - dozy - dreary - drowse - kif - nitrogen narcosis - nod - somnolent

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