languidly

[lang-gwid-lee]

adverb

1. 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.

2. in a way that lacks spirit or interest.

   We filed slowly and languidly into the massive lecture hall.

Other Word Forms

• unlanguidly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of languidly¹

languid ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

While Ritchie structures the film around tense conversations and bursts of violence, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is a bit languidly paced in between and isn’t that suspenseful.

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Children sit in the shade and play languidly with rocks.

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Then again, you could take the time-honored, lazy-summer approach and spoon it up, languidly and meltingly, right from the container and into your mouth.

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One raises a knee as a toe languidly stirs the air.

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Scenes rush and flow into each other, and subplots emerge and fade like ripples in a pond, as the focus floats languidly from one character to the other.

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Related Words

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