All 5 Uses of
listless
in
Slaughterhouse-Five
- It is, in the imagination of combat's fans, the divinely listless loveplay that follows the orgasm of victory.†
Chpt 3
- They would inevitably surface within a rectangle of barbed wire, would find themselves greeted listlessly by dying Russians who spoke no English, who had no food or useful information or escape plans of their own.
Chpt 5 *listlessly = with a lack of energy and normal enthusiasm
- Mere are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces.†
Chpt 8
- Actually, Billy's outward listlessness was a screen.†
Chpt 9
- The listlessness concealed a mind which was fizzing and flashing thrillingly.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(listless) lacking energy and normal enthusiasm