Definitions

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  • adjective Showing signs of being asleep or very sleepy, as not demonstrating full energy or attention.

Etymologies

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half- +‎ asleep

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Examples

  • You will only be a half-awake and half-asleep zombie.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Where a sheep would come from I had no idea, but I was half-asleep.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • There was a moment, one morning, when I was half-asleep still, when I believed that everything that had happened had been an awful nightmare, and that the man in my arms was Kenet.

    ceciliatan: The Prince’s Boy: 34 ceciliatan 2010

  • There was a moment, one morning, when I was half-asleep still, when I believed that everything that had happened had been an awful nightmare, and that the man in my arms was Kenet.

    ceciliatan: The Prince’s Boy: 34 ceciliatan 2010

  • I was still half-asleep, but some primitive sense of self-preservation told me to get off the balcony.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Log in to Reply oops I was still half-asleep and misread Moe's post bk

    Democrats contemplating just passing the Senate HCR bill? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Both were half-asleep and both were half-deaf from all the cannon firings their ears had had to withstand throughout their long careers as soldiers.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • Where a sheep would come from I had no idea, but I was half-asleep.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Both were half-asleep and both were half-deaf from all the cannon firings their ears had had to withstand throughout their long careers as soldiers.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • Janice and the Other Girls had been picked up by their mothers, who hurried them into their vans with one arm, half-asleep.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

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