Soporifically
əˈrɪf adjective
1.
causing or tending to cause sleep.
2.
pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.
noun
3.
something that causes sleep, as a medicine or drug.
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soporific (ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | inducing sleep |
| 2. | drowsy; sleepy |
| —n | |
| 3. | a drug or other agent that induces sleep |
| sopo'rifically | |
| —adv | |
| soporific (ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | inducing sleep |
| 2. | drowsy; sleepy |
| —n | |
| 3. | a drug or other agent that induces sleep |
| sopo'rifically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
soporific
1690, from Fr. soporifique (1687), formed in Fr. from L. sopor (gen. soporis) "deep sleep," from a causative form of the PIE base *swep- "to sleep" (see somnolence).
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Medical Dictionary
soporific sop·o·rif·ic (sŏp'ə-rĭf'ĭk, sō'pə-)
adj.
Inducing or tending to induce sleep.
Sleepy; drowsy.
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