Meaning & use
Languorously
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In a languorous manner; with a dreamy, relaxed heaviness or lack of energy.
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She stretched languorously in the warm afternoon sun.
The cat moved languorously across the windowsill before curling up to sleep.
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Languorously shares its root with 'languish' and 'languid,' all tracing back to the Latin 'languere,' meaning 'to be weak or faint.'
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