Droopingly

droop  (drp)

v. drooped, droop·ing, droops

v.intr.

1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" (Gore Vidal).

2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.

3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.

v.tr.

To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail" (Norman Mailer).

n.

The act or condition of drooping.

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[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drpa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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droopi·ly, drooping·ly adv.

droopy adj.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

droopingly - in a drooping manner; "a branch hung low, droopingly"