slumbry

English

Adjective

slumbry (not comparable)

Obsolete form of slumbery.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
  In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say?

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