Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a doze or dozing state.
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- adjective
Dozing ,napping ,asleep - adverb
Dozing ,napping ,asleep
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Examples
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Cricket was about the one thing he really cared for; as a chemistry specialist he spent most of his day adoze in the laboratory.
The Loom of Youth Alec Waugh 1939
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Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?
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Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?
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Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?
The Turn of the Screw Henry James 1879
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Wasn’t it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?
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