Languidly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Languid \Lan"guid\, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint
     or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.]
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     1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to
        exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. "
        Languid, powerless limbs. " --Armstrong.


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              Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. Slow in progress; tardy. " No motion so swift or languid."
        --Bentley.
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     3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a
        languid day.
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              Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --Keats.
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              Their idleness, aimless flirtations and languid
              airs.                                 --W. Black.
  
     Syn: Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary;
          listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- {Lan"guid*ly}, adv.
          -- {Lan"guid*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  languidly
       adv : in a languid and lethargic manner; "the men languidly put on
             their jackets"