som·no·lent (s m n -lnt)
adj.
1. Drowsy; sleepy.
2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
[Middle English sompnolent, from Old French, from Latin somnolentus : somnus, sleep; see swep- in Indo-European roots + -olentus, abounding in.]
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no·lent·ly adv. |
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Like her Auntie Mary, when Lucie's somnolent, she's almost comatose.
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