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PRONUNCIATION OF SLUMBERY

slumbery  [ˈslʌmbərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUMBERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slumbery is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLUMBERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of slumbery in the English dictionary

The definition of slumbery in the dictionary is sleepy, slumberous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUMBERY


ambery
ˈæmbərɪ
blackberry
ˈblækbərɪ
blueberry
ˈbluːbərɪ
Burberry
ˈbɜːbərɪ
Cadbury
ˈkædbərɪ
canterbury
ˈkæntəbərɪ
columbary
ˈkɒləmbərɪ
cranberry
ˈkrænbərɪ
Glastonbury
ˈɡlæstənbərɪ
mulberry
ˈmʌlbərɪ
Newbury
ˈnjuːbərɪ
raspberry
ˈrɑːzbərɪ
robbery
ˈrɒbərɪ
Salisbury
ˈsɔːlzbərɪ
Shrewsbury
ˈʃrəʊzbərɪ
strawberry
ˈstrɔːbərɪ
Sudbury
ˈsʌdbərɪ
timbery
ˈtɪmbərɪ
umbery
ˈʌmbərɪ
whimberry
ˈwɪmbərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUMBERY

slumber
slumber party
slumber wear
slumberer
slumberful
slumbering
slumberingly
slumberland
slumberless
slumberous
slumberously
slumberousness
slumbersome
slumbrous
slumbrously
slumbrousness
slumgullion
slumgum
slumism
slumlord

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUMBERY

aggravated robbery
armed robbery
bank robbery
bibbery
blubbery
bobbery
bribery
daubery
daylight robbery
fibbery
highway robbery
jobbery
nabobery
plumbery
Rosebery
rubbery
shrubbery
slabbery
slobbery
snobbery

Synonyms and antonyms of slumbery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slumbery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLUMBERY

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The translations of slumbery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slumbery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

slumbery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

slumbery
570 millions of speakers

English

slumbery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

slumbery
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

slumbery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

slumbery
278 millions of speakers

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slumbery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

slumbery
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

slumbery
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesesakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

slumbery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

slumbery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

slumbery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slumbery
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

slumbery
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

slumbery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोपडपट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

slumbery
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

slumbery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

slumbery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

slumbery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slumbery
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

slumbery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slumbery
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

slumbery
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

slumbery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slumbery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUMBERY»

The term «slumbery» is used very little and occupies the 186.123 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUMBERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slumbery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUMBERY»

Discover the use of slumbery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slumbery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chemist & Druggist
For twenty years they had been left severely alone by that that (Professor Pix Dewar, "Vereingeiicht") yes, that was the word, that Vereingericht at Slumbery. ( Groans.) It had often been suggested that limited companies should be wiped off the ...
‎1899
2
CRITICAL APPROACHES TO SHAKESPEARE: SHAKESPEARE FOR ALL TIME:
Macbeth is a tragedy where “sorriest fancies” (3.2.9), “horrible shadows” (3.4.106 ), “thick-coming fancies” (5.3.39) “perturbation in nature” (5.1.8), “slumbery agitation” (9-10) and a “rooted sorrow” in memory (5.3.42) direct the actions of the  ...
CEREZO MORENO Marta, 2014
3
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth
In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and other actual performances, what, at any time, have you heard her say? 11 6871!. That, sir, which I will not report after her. Duct. You may to me, and 'tis most meet you should. Gent. Neither to ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1873
4
Macbeth: Second Series
10 In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and ACT V Scene 1 S.D. Duminane.] Capell. nature,] F; nature,-— Dyce. 4. into the field] Steevens complains that Shakespeare 'forgot he had shut up Macbeth in Dunsinane and surrounded ...
William Shakespeare, Kenneth Muir, 1984
5
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Macbeth. 11th ed. 1873
In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and other actual performances, what, at any time, have you heard her say ? 11 Gent. That, sir, which I will not report after her. Doct. You may to me, and 'tis most meet you should. Gent. Neither to ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1873
6
The Synonym Finder
1. groggy, sleepy, half asleep, som- Inolent, slumberous, slumbery; dozy, nodding, dozing, heavy-eyed, yawning, oscitant. 2. sluggish, torpid, lethargic, listless; otiose, lazy, slow, lackadaisical, indolent; dull, drugged, dazed, Inf. dopey ; lifeless, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
7
A fine line: new poetry from Eastern & Central Europe
SLUMBERY SLEDS Will you condemn me, burdock leaf asleep between the tracks, when you mutely reverberate with the mumbling of the day's first walkers? If suddenly you rose up, you could cover this tram stop shelter on Komicka where  ...
Jean Boase-Beier, Alexandra Büchler, Fiona Sampson, 2004
8
The poetical works of John Keats
Sideway his face reposed On one white arm, and tenderly unclosed, By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth To slumbery pout ; just as the morning south Disparts a dew-lipp'd rose. Above his head, Four lily stalks did their white honours ...
John Keats, 1841
9
The Age of Print: A Poem, Delivered Before the Phi Beta ...
It was the morning of a better day Than had yet warm'd him on his pilgrim way ; The world all slept in beauty, and the years Stole on unheeded and unstained by tears ; The clouds in quiet stoop'd, or sail'd above, And all the slumbery air was ...
Grenville Mellen, 1830
10
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
SLUMBERY. J Inviting to sleep ; sopori- ferous ; causing sleep. — The timely dew of sleep, Now falling v ith soft slumb'rous weight. Milton. While pensive in the silent slumb'rous shade, • Sleep's gentle pow'rs her drooping eyes inva Je. Pope.
‎1816

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUMBERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slumbery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mary Timony leading Ex Hex to Churchill's in Miami
Timony's music is seldom quiet, with fuzz-toned guitars jostling for attention with the singer's cool, slumbery vocals, melodies popping from her mouth like so ... «SouthFlorida.com, Jan 15»
2
New Year 2015: best TV on today Friday 2nd January
A slumbery post-festivities round is enlivened by a shake-up in the scoring. We're playing Lucky Losers, this being Series L, so klaxons are good, clever right ... «Radio Times, Jan 15»
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ELUSIVE MOODS
However, her attempt at rather greetings-card flower studies lacked the fluent energy of, say, Paradise or the suggestive compression in Slumbery Trance. «Calcutta Telegraph, Oct 13»

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