Meaning & use
languidly
In a slow, relaxed manner that lacks energy, urgency, or vigor.
See it in a sentence
She stretched languidly on the hammock as the afternoon sun warmed her skin.
The cat walked languidly across the porch, in no hurry at all.
A note on using this word
Languidly often carries a pleasant, dreamy connotation of relaxation rather than a negative sense of laziness.
Words with a similar meaning
lazilylistlesslyleisurely
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
energeticallybriskly
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