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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
groggy
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bill looked groggy after studying all night.
▪ I went to see Sally in hospital, but she was still groggy from the anaesthetic.
▪ You shouldn't drive after taking these pills. They're likely to make you feel groggy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was too groggy to recall where he was.
▪ I was still groggy, and getting into the water helped.
▪ I was still groggy, but I could sit up.
▪ In particular Donal Lunny's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could've been a groggy hotchpotch.
▪ Meanwhile, the opposition looks groggy.
▪ No. 3 tells the groggy householder to get up so he can stick the knife in him.
▪ They won't make you groggy.
▪ You've been threatened, you've been doped, you're groggy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Groggy

Groggy \Grog"gy\, a.

  1. Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs. [Colloq.]

  2. Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists. [Cant or Slang]

  3. (Man.) Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse.
    --Youatt.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
groggy

1770, "drunk," from grog + -y (2). Non-alcoholic meaning "shaky, tottering" is from 1832, originally from the fight ring. Related: Groggily; grogginess.

Wiktionary
groggy

a. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.

WordNet
groggy

  1. adj. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: dazed, foggy, logy, stuporous]

  2. [also: groggiest, groggier]

Usage examples of "groggy".

He looked groggy, but he quickly took stock of the situation and gave a bellow of rage.

He awoke to heavy stamping and jumped off the shelf with sword in hand, quick and lithe as a panther, but groggy in mind.

Still groggy, and hungry, Sunbright sat on the stone shelf beside a sleeping Knucklebones and told the tale.

Sunbright was glad to be groggy, though the haze was hardening into a throbbing headache.

Weak and groggy, she fell forward against the Santa at the steering wheel and tore at his beard, ripping it off to reveal his handsome baby face and his long blond-streaked hair.

After a few hours, though still groggy, he was always dosed again before being brought back to his own quarters, which had been cleaned during his absence.

Still groggy, he nevertheless possessed enough wits to duck below the surface when arrows struck the water near him.

Finally, the groggy voice of General Rieekan, who had been called out of retirement to command the PDF, demanded an explanation from Han.

No sooner had Anakin begun to worry about how a groggy Wookiee would impact their plans than he sensed Jacen reaching out to calm their waking friend.

Creaking, groggy from battle lust and the following weakness, the warrior combed back his yellow hair, picked up his tackle, and ducked low under dark beams, heading for the door.

Dizzy, groggy, still not at full strength, Sunbright gave himself up to their ministrations.

Other serums made the victim so groggy that much of what was said was not intelligible.

Desperate for the pillow, she nevertheless rose from the bed and started toward the door, shambling through the darkness in a groggy haze.

Throwing back the silk sheets, he rolled weakly to the edge of the bed, groggy and frightened.

Reaching forward he dragged a groggy Hezekiah Bartram up by his shirtfront and stood him on his feet.