adverb
- in a drowsy or sleepy manner
Usage: formal
Examples
- The cat stretched somnolently in the warm sunlight.
- He nodded somnolently during the long lecture.
- The students responded somnolently to the teacher’s questions after lunch.
- She moved somnolently through her morning routine.
- The audience listened somnolently to the monotonous speech.
- He blinked somnolently as he tried to stay awake.