[
US
/ˈɫɪstɫəsɫi/
]
[ UK /lˈɪstləsli/ ]
[ UK /lˈɪstləsli/ ]
ADVERB
-
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.