View synonyms for languidly

languidly

[ lang-gwid-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that lacks vitality or energy; lazily:
Because sloths move so languidly, and they don't groom themselves, algae often grows in their fur.
The day was overly warm, and Em was swinging idly in the hammock, languidly sipping from a glass of lemonade.
in a way that lacks spirit or interest:
We filed slowly and languidly into the massive lecture hall.

Turkish soldiers sat by their vehicles in the twilight languidly chatting or cooking.

She found the sick woman wrapped up in a warm dressing-gown, reclining languidly in a large easy chair.

She thanked them for their gifts but languidly, and did not visibly brighten when told that her husband was better.

She looks, a little languidly still, at her doll, which sleeps beside her own bed.

The men went about with coats out at the elbows, and seemed to drag along languidly to the blacksmith's shop, or to the inn.

The new-comer approached the sideboard, leaned languidly upon her elbow, and picked up a half-blown bud at random from the pile.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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