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listlessly

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list·less  (lstls)
adj.
Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic: reacted to the latest crisis with listless resignation.
[Middle English listles : probably from liste, desire (from listen, to desire; see list5) + -les, -lesse, -less.]
listless·ly adv.
listless·ness n.
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Adv.1.listlessly - in a listless manner; "they shook hands rather listlessly"
Translations
listlessly [ˈlɪstlɪslɪ] ADV
1. (= without energy) → lánguidamente
2. (= without direction) → con apatía, con desgana
listlessly [ˈlɪstləsli] adv → avec apathie
listlessly
adv → lustlos; to watch listlessly → teilnahmslos or apathisch zusehen
listlessly [ˈlɪstlɪslɪ] adv (see adj) → fiaccamente, svogliatamente, apaticamente
listlessly [ˈlɪstlɪslɪ] adv (see adj) → fiaccamente, svogliatamente, apaticamente


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No doubt my melancholy abstraction accounted for that, and perhaps her presence there was to be explained by a London train which I had listlessly observed come in to the town an hour before.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Pontellier also occupied her former position on the upper step, leaning listlessly against the post.
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He drifted listlessly down the street and found Jim Hollis acting as judge in a juvenile court that was trying a cat for murder, in the presence of her victim, a bird.
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