lingeringly

ADVERB
  1. in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
    her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly
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How To Use lingeringly In A Sentence

  • Some conservative commentators, who didn't have much else to gloat about, dwelt lingeringly on what they evidently regarded as the upside of the huge, Obama-sparked African-American turnout.
  • He could clearly recall her twining her arms around his neck as he was leaving, kissing him lingeringly on the lips, and declaring that she had not spent a more energetic and enjoyable night since she did not know when. Ungrateful Governess
  • And then her voice began _to drop down_, as it were, _from step to step_, -- and _the steps seemed cold and damp, as it went down them lingeringly_: -- 'or for trial, -- disappointment, -- whatever comes!' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858
  • I shall beard him in his gullet, and, while he lingeringly chokes to death over my unpalatableness and general spinefulness, do you, fair damsels, flee to the mountains lest the valleys fall upon you. CHAPTER III
  • This cuvée - floral, biscuity and lingeringly silky - is one of its top two labels.
  • her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly
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