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languishingly

languishingly adverb: in a languishing manner.

Adverb

languishingly (comparative more languishingly, superlative most languishingly)

  1. In a languishing manner.
    • She looked languishingly at him as he danced with another woman.

Forms of languishingly

comparativemore languishingly
superlativemost languishingly

Origin of languishingly

From languishing + -ly.

Questions about languishingly

What does languishingly mean?
Languishingly means in a languishing manner.
What part of speech is languishingly?
Languishingly is an adverb.

Words near languishingly in the dictionary

  1. languishers
  2. languishes
  3. languishest
  4. languisheth
  5. languishing
  6. languishingly
  7. languishings
  8. languishment
  9. languishments
  10. languishness
  11. languisht

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