4
dozing
4
droopy
4
oscitant
4
sleeping(adjective, sleepy)
4
slumbery(adjective, awareness, sleepy)
4
superficial(adjective, detail, surface, shallow, depth)
4
waving(verb, greeting, indicating)
3
bobbing(verb, hanging)
3
casual(adjective, slight, detail, trivial, surface)
3
comatose(adjective, sleepy)
3
gesticulating(verb, indicating)
3
listless(adjective, sleepy)
3
motioning(verb, indicating)
3
out of it(expression, adjective, idiom, tired, lethargic)
3
signaling(verb, greeting, indicating)
3
slight(adjective, detail, silly, trivial, surface)
3
snoozy(noun, adjective, dull, quiet, tired)
3
swaying(verb, hanging)
3
tired(adjective, lethargic, sleepy, dazed, drowsy)
2
curtsying(noun, verb, greeting)
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