half-asleep

British  

adjective

1. neither fully asleep nor awake

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Example Sentences

“Baby, you see that?” my wife said to a half-asleep me.

From Salon

I’ve been stuck with sandy feet for ten straight hours, and it’s not pleasant— even though six of those hours were spent half-asleep on an overnight flight.

From Literature

Written by Félix de Givry and Ugo Bienvenu and directed by the latter, it’s one of those old-fashioned feature cartoons that seems aimed at pleasing half-asleep old people rather than lively youngsters.

From The Wall Street Journal

The early morning joggers and the half-asleep students clutching bags of bagels to their chests didn’t so much as give him or the towering, enraged ghost slowly making his way to Boaz a passing glance.

From Literature

She glanced at the half-asleep Lord Fredrick, and lowered her voice.

From Literature

Related Words

• dazed
• lethargic