languorously

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adverb

In a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.

“I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverblanguorously (comparative more languorously, superlative most languorously)

comparative more languorously · superlative most languorously

  1. In a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.

    I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed.

    1 more example

    "I did!" She had reached the barricades, and leaned over them languorously. "I can't take all the credit, though, just, you know, most of it." She folded her arms over the edge, and kicked back both of her feet again and again. "Somebody once told me I have a mind like a steel trap."

    2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024

Origin

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APA

languorously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languorously

MLA

“languorously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languorously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “languorously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/languorously.

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