All 7 Uses of
listless
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Oak raised his head, and wondering what he could do, listlessly surveyed the scene.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- Boldwood was listlessly noting how the frost had hardened and glazed the surface of the snow, till it shone in the red eastern light with the polish of marble; how, in some portions of the slope, withered grass-bents, encased in icicles, bristled through the smooth wan coverlet in the twisted and curved shapes of old Venetian glass; and how the footprints of a few birds, which had hopped over the snow whilst it lay in the state of a soft fleece, were now frozen to a short permanency.†
Chpt 13-15
- Liddy was asking questions about the city of Bath, and her companion was answering them listlessly and unconcernedly.†
Chpt 34-36
- They stood by the gate awhile, Gabriel listlessly staring at the ground.†
Chpt 34-36
- She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in a farmer's marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.†
Chpt 37-39
- When Liddy came into the room a second time the beautiful eyes which met hers had worn a listless, weary look.†
Chpt 43-45
- The fungi grew in all manner of positions from rotting leaves and tree stumps, some exhibiting to her listless gaze their clammy tops, others their oozing gills.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(listless) lacking energy and normal enthusiasm