half-waking

English

Adjective

half-waking (not comparable)

1. In a state of not being fully awake.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 111:

     Francesca gazed round, as we gaze in some half-waking dream, of whose illusion we seem aware, and yet partake.