Som·no·lent a.  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.
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  somnolently
       adv : in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily"
             [syn: drowsily]