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languorously

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lan·guor  (lnggr, lngr)
n.
1. Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness. See Synonyms at lethargy.
2. A dreamy, lazy mood or quality: "It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it" Theodore Dreiser.
3. Oppressive quiet or stillness.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from langure, to be languid; see languish.]

languor·ous adj.
languor·ous·ly adv.
languor·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.languorously - in a languorous manner; "he was sprawling languorously on the sofa"

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The poem is a romantically luxuriant wilderness of dreamily or languorously delightful visions, often rich with all the harmonies of form and motion and color and sound.
 
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