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languid
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    Most of the children were still in a land of half stupor, languid, like limp rags.  (source)
    languid = having little energy and moving slowly
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    On the whole, however, they seemed languid and exhausted.  (source)
    languid = to lack energy
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    His wife was shrill, languid, handsome, and horrible.  (source)
    languid = having little energy
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    the languid beat of the stern-wheel came plainly to my ears.  (source)
    languid = slowly moving
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    At once he starts eating sleepily, she to eat languidly, staring vaguely out.  (source)
    languidly = in a slow, relaxed manner without much energy
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    This new feeling crept over me like a sort of distant sleepiness, almost a languor.†  (source)
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    A gradual warmth, a languorous weariness passed over him descending along his spine from his closely cowled head.  (source)
    languorous = slow, relaxed, or with little energy
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    Francie liked the pawnshop almost the best—not for the treasures prodigiously thrown into its barred windows; not for the shadowy adventure of shawled women slipping into the side entrance, but for the three large golden balls that hung high above the shop and gleamed in the sun or swayed languorously like heavy golden apples when the wind blew.†  (source)
    languorously = without much energy; or moving slowly or in a relaxed manner
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    A virile new Britain cannot continue indefinitely to be traduced in the eyes, or rather ears, of the world by the effete languors of Langham Place, brazenly masquerading as "standard English."†  (source)
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    The tug-of-war, sack hop, and three-legged races were over, and a languidness had inevitably crept over things, so that here and there grown men slept in the grass with newspapers over their faces.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    at last the Caterpillar ... addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.  (source)
    languid = slow and lacking energy
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    In her stocking feet, she walked steadily, almost languidly, toward the phone.  (source)
    languidly = slow and unhurried
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    His face wore the same soft languor that Louie had seen on the face of the Quack after he beat Harris at Ofuna.†  (source)
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