English Dictionary: languidly | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Languid \Lan"guid\, a. [L. languidus, fr. languere to be faint or languid: cf. F. languide. See {Languish}.] 1. Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull. [bd] Languid, powerless limbs. [b8] --Armstrong. Fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue. --Addison. 2. Slow in progress; tardy. [bd] No motion so swift or languid.[b8] --Bentley. 3. Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. --Keats. Their idleness, aimless and languid airs. --W. Black. Syn: Feeble; weak; faint; sickly; pining; exhausted; weary; listless; heavy; dull; heartless. -- {Lan"guid*ly}, adv. -- {Lan"guid*ness}, n. |