sleeplike

English

Etymology

sleep +‎ -like

Adjective

sleeplike (comparative more sleeplike, superlative most sleeplike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of sleep.
    • 2007 January 2, C. Claiborne Ray, “Sleeping Vines”, in New York Times‎:
      One well-known and well-studied sleeplike state is called nyctinasty, or night movement.
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