Meaning & use
somnambulant
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Walking or acting as if asleep; relating to sleepwalking.
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The somnambulant character wandered through the play's dream sequence with vacant eyes.
He shuffled to the kitchen in a somnambulant daze at 3 a.m.
A note on using this word
Often used figuratively to describe someone moving or behaving as if only half-conscious, not just literal sleepwalkers.
Words with a similar meaning
sleepwalkingdazed
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Words with an opposite meaning
alertwide-awake
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