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[syn: drowsily, somnolently]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a
somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
somnolently
adv 1: in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily"
[syn: drowsily, somnolently]