languidly

adverb

Definition of languidlynext
as in lazily

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Recent Examples of languidly Elsewhere, stoles stole the show, particular those draped languidly over the shoulder or fashioned as cummerbunds. — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 The Guadalupe is calm now, flowing languidly as families can be seen splashing in the cool waters. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026 Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026 Her game is languidly devastating. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026 Dimension 20 airs its actual play in neater, more digestible two-hour episodes, as opposed to playing out languidly in real-time like Critical Role. — Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languidly
  1. lazily
  2. casually
  3. listlessly
  4. wearily
  5. sluggishly
  6. halfheartedly
Adverb
  • The stranger approached the store owner, a stout man waving a rattan fan lazily at his face while sitting at the till.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Demis Hassabis has made the same point more bluntly, cautioning that using AI lazily can actually make people worse at critical thinking.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of lazily
Adverb
  • Without a shred of evidence, Cloud casually weaponized domestic violence allegations against a fan who was simply cheering for his home team.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Asked to run down her dream blunt rotation, Jauregui casually noted that she’s smoked with Snoop before.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • Lady Holiday listlessly turns the pages, barely glancing at Miss Piggy in various outfits.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
Definition of listlessly
Adverb
  • Some of the rumors were true, most weren’t, but there was no line across which any tale was too tall to make our bodies hurt a little more, to make our hearts move a little more wearily.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Every Sunday, Jesse Minter strode wearily onto a red-eye flight at Los Angeles International Airport for a trip back to Baltimore, where the work week awaited.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Definition of wearily
Adverb
  • Current leaks through transistors that should be switched off, and electrons move more sluggishly through channels only a few atoms thick.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The fish looks straight at me, flopping sluggishly from side to side.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of sluggishly
Adverb
  • When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of halfheartedly

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“Languidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languidly. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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