'Somnolently' definitions:
Definition of 'somnolently'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily" [syn: drowsily, somnolently]
Definition of 'Somnolently'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]