LANGUOROUSLY

languorously

(adverb) in a languorous manner; “he was sprawling languorously on the sofa”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

languorously (comparative more languorously, superlative most languorously)

In a languorous manner, without exertion, lazily.

I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed.

Source: Wiktionary


LANGUOROUS

Lan"guor*ous, a. Etym: [From Languor: cf. F. langoureux.]

Definition: Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. [Obs. or Poetic] Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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