The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a
somnolent want of interest in them.
--De Quincey.
Wiktionary
adv. In a somnolent way; sleepily.
WordNet
adv. in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily" [syn: drowsily]
Usage examples of "somnolently".
Conyngham wandered, or else he sat somnolently on a seat in the Paseo del Gran Capitan in the shade of the orange trees, awaiting the arrival of Concepçion Vara.
In the most easternly suburb a high-school boy, yawning, came somnolently out of his house to mow the lawn before schooltime.