Synonyms for half asleep

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-sleep

Phonetic Transcription : əˈslip

Top 10 synonyms for half asleep

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Définition of half asleep

Origin : c.1200, aslepe, o slæpe, from Old English on slæpe (see sleep). The parallel form on sleep continued until c.1550. Of limbs, "numb through stoppage of circulation," from late 14c. Meaning "inattentive, off guard" is from mid-14c.

As in drowsy : adj sleepy

Example sentences :

Hetty was very tired; very cold; half asleep, and half frightened.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

The old man was half asleep, and murmured dreamily, "That's Nora."
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

The child, who was in his shirt-sleeves and half asleep, smiled as he rubbed his eyes.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Thus he was in a very bad humor, puffing and yawning and half asleep.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Captain Perez was half asleep when Eri opened the door of the shanty.
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

He contrived to push on next day, walking during most of it half asleep.
Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss

The girl had been leaning back, her eyes closed, as if half asleep.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

"I've had such a wonderful time," she murmured, half asleep.
Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett

Hilda (lays her head on the stove, and answers as if half asleep).
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893 » by Various

I always tell him he must have been half asleep, and didn't hear me.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

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