hyp|not´i|cal|ly

hyp|not´i|cal|ly
hyp|not|ic «hihp NOT ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. having to do with hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. easily hypnotized.
3. in a hypnotized state.
4. causing or tending to cause hypnosis: »

a hypnotic stare.

–n.
1. a drug or other means of causing sleep; sedative; soporific.
2. a person who is hypnotized or who is easily hypnotized.
[< Late Latin hypnōticus < Greek hypnōtikós putting to sleep; sleepy < hypnoûin put to sleep < hýpnos sleep]
hyp|not´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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