languorous
Origin of languorous
1Other words from languorous
- lan·guor·ous·ly, adverb
- lan·guor·ous·ness, noun
Words Nearby languorous
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How to use languorous in a sentence
Early episodes unfold at such a languorous pace that you can forget the story is supposed to have any stakes at all.
Nine Perfect Strangers Is a Master Class From Some of Hollywood’s Finest Actors— But Not Much More | Judy Berman | August 17, 2021 | TimeEach work is a pithy marvel that captures the languorous excitement (and sometimes the radiant gloom) of a summer day to remember.
One Perfect Summer Day in Virginia Woolf, Saul Bellow and Others | Matt Seidel | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe garden in the close was one mass of brilliant color, and the air was overpoweringly languorous with the sweet fragrance.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerHe fitted in with the languorous island existence, but he had come for business, and he lost not much time.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineWarm, still, languorous days would come, but that first feeling of unreality would remain permanent.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
A languorous, redolent air just stirred the waving grain, on which rested a glossy shimmer.
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart IshamA lime tree, whose leaves were stirred by the languorous breeze, kept tapping against the window.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for languorous
/ (ˈlæŋɡərəs) /
characterized by or producing languor
another word for languid
Derived forms of languorous
- languorously, adverb
- languorousness, noun
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