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languid
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synonyms: torpid, languourous, phlegmatic, enervated, indolent, lymphatic ???
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Definition:calm, slow and relaxed
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"It seems to me," Alexey Alexandrovitch said languidly, and with no haste, "that that's the same thing. In my opinion, influence over another people is only possible to the people which has the higher development, which…"
"But that's just the question," Pestsov broke in in his bass.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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Linton’s looks and movements were very languid, and his form extremely slight;
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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This was very singular to me, and I looked at her in considerable perplexity. When she left off—and she had not laughed languidly, but with real enjoyment—I said, in my diffident way with her,—
"I hope I may suppose that you would not be amused if they did me any harm."
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.
Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland (1865)
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people walking languidly with nothing to shade them from the sun
Junot Díaz. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)
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