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Definition of Listlessly
1. Adverb. In a listless manner. "They shook hands rather listlessly"
Definition of Listlessly
1. Adverb. In a listless manner, without energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Listlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Listlessly
Literary usage of Listlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... round the friendly arm by which they had held so listlessly till this time.
I believe in my soul that the Hand of God was pointing their way back to ..."
2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"She threw herself upon her couch and wept : On this side hung her head, and over
that listlessly she let fall the faithless brass That made the men as ..."
3. Catalogue of the Thomas B. Clarke Collection of American Pictures by Thomas Benedict Clarke, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1891)
"Some seek refreshment in drenching the'ir hot and grimy bodies with water, and
others ^ink listlessly into supine repose. The shadow of a cloudy day rests ..."
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