languidly

[ UK /lˈæŋɡwɪdli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a languid and lethargic manner
    the men languidly put on their jackets
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How To Use languidly In A Sentence

  • Cattle and sheep started to roam languidly towards the hill slopes where they grazed, mooing and baaing.
  • Here she will sit through the hour, gossiping with her friends, watching the antics of several beautiful, dubious women, camp followers of the rich, who add undoubted interest to the place; calling languidly to her dog: "_Viens, Tou-tou! American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
  • Then, as we travel more slowly through a shallow stretch of marsh, an alligator languidly lifts its body from its perch on a mudbank and slinks slowly into the water. US Gulf coast faces disaster as oil slick threatens to destroy fisheries and wildlife
  • The immense dumbbell-shape drew closer, almost languidly there out a wide-focus tractor beam, and anchored our two ships together.
  • Everywhere women were hard at work, hanging out washing, harvesting, shelling walnuts, building hayricks or even making mud bricks to bake in the sun while the men stood about chatting languidly in every village or squatted together at the roadside wearing their traditional tall Kyrgyz hats of embroidered felt, the ak kalpak, or the ornate pillbox hats of the Uzbeks. Wildwood
  • But if these combined to pull out the winner, the real stars of the show were the ageless Tommy Turner, mopping up languidly at the back, and Ricky Gillies and Hugh Murray dominating in midfield.
  • He is still a charming talker who looks you straight in the eye as he languidly spins out his stories about growing up in Mexico, which he considers his spiritual home.
  • Her sandy tabby eyed her languidly from the typewritten sheets she had elected to stretch out on. MURKY SHALLOWS
  • The way she's kind of languidly making the point with her right index finger is priceless! Posthuman Blues
  • Her sandy tabby eyed her languidly from the typewritten sheets she had elected to stretch out on. MURKY SHALLOWS
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