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half-conscious

British  

adjective

  1. only partially alert and awake

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Finally, Lewis says, “Having allowed ourselves to drift, unresisting, unpraying, accepting every half-conscious solicitation from our desires, we reached a point where we no longer believed the Faith. Just in the same way, a jealous man, drifting and unresisting, reaches a point at which he believes lies about his best friend.”

From Washington Times

In revisions, you add subtleties that underpin what you set down in that half-conscious state.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I took the script from her as I was half-conscious and sat in front of the camera and read it," she writes.

From BBC

Every day, players are given a clue — like “a set of rhythmic moves while in a half-conscious state” — and are tasked with coming up with a pair of rhyming words that matches the clue.

From New York Times

With the half-conscious Gurgi bound to her saddle, the white horse trotted swiftly ahead at a determined gait.

From Literature