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somnolence

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som·no·lence  (smn-lns)
n.
A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.
somnolence
the condition of drowsiness or sleepiness. Also somnolency, somnolism. — somnolent, adj.
See also: Sleep
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Noun1.somnolence - a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
drowsiness, sleepiness
temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time
oscitance, oscitancy - drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning


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The nervous excitement of which we speak pursued Valentine even in her sleep, or rather in that state of somnolence which succeeded her waking hours; it was then, in the silence of night, in the dim light shed from the alabaster lamp on the chimney-piece, that she saw the shadows pass and repass which hover over the bed of sickness, and fan the fever with their trembling wings.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The gnawing of profound discomfort existed side by side with an incredible disposition to somnolence, as though he had been buffeted and worried into drowsiness.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes which slumbers all the rest of the day and night.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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