languidly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9

Definition of languidly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a languid manner, without force or effort, in a manner requiring little energy or exertion.
    “He languidly waved his limp wrist, glad to see us, but not wanting to expend the energy to let us know that.”
    “Under the strain of this continually impending doom and by the sleeplessness to which I now condemned myself, ay, even beyond what I had thought possible to man, I became, in my own person, a creature eaten up and emptied by fever, languidly weak both in body and mind, and solely occupied by one thought: the horror of my other self.”
    ““It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done,” said Lord Henry, languidly.”
    “Miss Gimblet, who seemed to feel that the presence of her friend called for something extra professional in the way of attitude, reclined on the bed and languidly smoked a cigarette.”

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Etymology

From languid + -ly.

Anagrams of languidly

1 play · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from languidly

177 playable · top: DALLYING (13 pts)

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