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languidly

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lan·guid  (lnggwd)
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 langure, to be languid; see slg- in Indo-European roots.]
languid·ly adv.
languid·ness n.
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Adv.1.languidly - in a languid and lethargic manner; "the men languidly put on their jackets"


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The evening, I remember, was still and cloudy; the London air was at its heaviest; the distant hum of the street-traffic was at its faintest; the small pulse of the life within me, and the great heart of the city around me, seemed to be sinking in unison, languidly and more languidly, with the sinking sun.
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