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listlessly

[ US /ˈɫɪstɫəsɫi/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪstləsli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a listless manner
    they shook hands rather listlessly

How To Use listlessly In A Sentence

  • To be sure, the victory parade was impressive, but for nearly an hour the would-be victors had wandered listlessly around the back streets before finding a short cut to glory.
  • I picked listlessly at my Black Angus steak, not quite al dente fettuccine, and sighed.
  • Lucy picked up the book and glanced at the title listlessly, Under a A Room with a View
  • I held the phone listlessly to my ear until I registered a dial tone.
  • Now she sits listlessly all day long, keeping to herself.
  • He is shirtless, in shorts with suspenders, gartered black socks and is drooped over his porch railing, listlessly watering his wilted blue hydrangeas. Kate Clinton: Dahlin'
  • A half-hearted fire burned on the hearth, and watching it listlessly from the cot lay a boy about twice his age, David thought. This Way to Christmas
  • The musty, moth-eaten curtains, once a grand crimson, were now dull brown and drooping listlessly.
  • I said to myself as Woods's lukewarm floss flopped listlessly earthwards. Tiger Woods and his not-so-great expectorations | Harry Pearson
  • She sat in her room, one hot afternoon, in her peignoir, listlessly drawing through her fingers the strands of her long, silky brown hair that hung about her shoulders.
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