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languorously

languorously adverb: in a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.

Adverb

languorously (comparative more languorously, superlative most languorously)

  1. In a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.
    • I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed.
    • "I did!" She had reached the barricades, and leaned over them languorously. "I can't take all the credit, though, just, you know, most of it." She folded her arms over the edge, and kicked back both of her feet again and again. "Somebody once told me I have a mind like a steel trap."2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024

Forms of languorously

comparativemore languorously
superlativemost languorously

Origin of languorously

From languorous + -ly.

Questions about languorously

What does languorously mean?
Languorously means in a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.
What part of speech is languorously?
Languorously is an adverb.

Words near languorously in the dictionary

  1. languoids
  2. languor
  3. languored
  4. languoring
  5. languorous
  6. languorously
  7. languorousness
  8. languors
  9. languour
  10. languourous
  11. languours

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