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   somnolent

   /ˈsɒmnələnt/

   adjective

   • 1. sleepy; drowsy. Similar sleepydrowsytiredlanguidlanguorousheavy-eyeddozynoddinggroggyhalf asleepasleep on one's feetyawninglethargicsluggishinactiveenervatedtorpidcomatoseinformal:snoozydopeyyawnyliterary:slumberousrare:oscitantslumbersomequietrestfultranquilcalmpeacefulpleasantrelaxingsoothingundisturbeduntroubledisolated
   • ▪ causing or suggestive of drowsiness: "a somnolent summer day"
   • ▪ abnormally drowsy.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘causing sleepiness’): from Old French sompnolent or Latin somnolentus, from somnus ‘sleep’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. somnolence noun
   • 2. somnolency noun
   • 3. somnolently adverb

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