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lan·guid    Audio Help   [lang-gwid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
2.lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.
3.drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L languidus faint. See languish, -id4]

—Related forms
lan·guid·ly, adverb
lan·guid·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. inactive, inert, sluggish, torpid. 2. spiritless. 3. weak, feeble, weary, exhausted, debilitated.
—Antonyms 1. active, energetic. 3. vigorous.
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lan·guid    Audio Help   (lāng'gwĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand.
  2. Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood.
  3. Lacking vigor or force; slow: languid breezes.


[French languide, from Latin languidus, from languēre, to be languid; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]

lan'guid·ly adv., lan'guid·ness n.
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languidly

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

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