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limply

limply adverb: in a limp manner, without support or resistance.

Adverb

limply (comparative more limply, superlative most limply)

  1. In a limp manner, without support or resistance.
    • The flag hung limply in the still air.
    • Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 181

Examples of limply in a sentence

  • The pay phone on the corner has been vandalized, and its metal cord hangs limply down, receiverless.
  • The few flags that could be seen above various turrets hung limply from their mastheads.
  • His limbs hung limply, and that white sneakerless sock was like a finger pointing straight at the heavens.

All 12 example sentences with limply

Forms of limply

comparativemore limply
superlativemost limply

Origin of limply

From limp + -ly.

Questions about limply

What does limply mean?
Limply means in a limp manner, without support or resistance.
What part of speech is limply?
Limply is an adverb.

Words near limply in the dictionary

  1. limples
  2. limpless
  3. Limpley Stoke
  4. limplike
  5. limpling
  6. limply
  7. limpness
  8. limpnesses
  9. Limpopo
  10. limps
  11. limps in

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