What is "drowsier"

Drowsy \Drow"sy\, a. [Compar. Drowsier; superl. Drowsiest.]

1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. ``When I am drowsy.''
   --Shak.

   Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.
   --Shak.

   To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea.
   --Lowell.

2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

   The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good.
   --Tennyson.

3. Dull; stupid. `` Drowsy reasoning.''
   --Atterbury.

   Syn: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.

a. (en-comparative of: drowsy)

1. adj. half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: drowsing(a), dozy]

2. showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" [syn: oscitant, yawning(a)]

3. [also: drowsiest, drowsier]

See drowsy