What it means
Dozy means dim, slow on the uptake and a bit half-asleep, as if the brain has not quite woken up. A dozy person misses the obvious, fumbles simple things and drifts through the day in a fog. It is more affectionate than cruel, the sort of thing you call a mate who has just put the milk in the cupboard, somewhere between sleepy and daft.
Usage examples
"I was being dozy and missed my stop because I was staring out the window."
"You dozy thing, you have put your jumper on inside out again."
"Don't be so dozy, your glasses were on your head the whole time."
"He's a bit dozy before his morning coffee, so don't ask him anything important yet."
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