languorously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

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adv

"I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed."
""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.""

Etymology tree English languorous Middle English -ly English -ly English languorously From languorous + -ly.

more languorously (comparative) most languorously (superlative)

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What does languorously mean?

In a languorous manner; without exertion; lazily.

Where does languorously come from?

Etymology tree English languorous Middle English -ly English -ly English languorously From languorous + -ly.

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