half-asleep

British  

adjective

1. neither fully asleep nor awake

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Example Sentences

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

Mikalai Dziadok said he learnt how to exercise at night, half-asleep, to warm up.

From BBC

They freeze beautifully, reheat like a charm, and make the kind of cozy, quietly impressive breakfast you’ll be grateful for when guests are still half-asleep and coffee hasn’t yet kicked in.

From Salon

Related Words

• dazed
• lethargic