Somnolently

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Somnolent \Som"no*lent\, a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from
     somnus sleep, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap
     to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. {Hypnotic},
     {Somnambulism}, {Soporific}.]
     Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- {Som"no*lent*ly}, adv.
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           He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a
           somnolent want of interest in them.      --De Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  somnolently
       adv : in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily"
             [syn: {drowsily}]