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Causing sleepiness or dulling alertness.

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soporific

The repetitive lecture had a soporific effect on the exhausted audience.
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The soporific rhythm of quiet rain against the cabin roof made one resting traveler yawn and struggle to keep her eyes open.
From The Pace of a Fictional Journey.
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