sleeplike

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English

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Etymology

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From sleep +‎ -like.

Adjective

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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[1]:
      One well-known and well-studied sleeplike state is called nyctinasty, or night movement.