All 3 Uses of
listless
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.†
p. 155.8 *
- After some days spent in listless indolence, during which I traversed many leagues, I arrived at Strasbourg, where I waited two days for Clerval.†
p. 159.6
- This morning, as I sat watching the wan countenance of my friend—his eyes half closed and his limbs hanging listlessly—I was roused by half a dozen of the sailors, who demanded admission into the cabin.†
p. 216.8listlessly = with a lack of energy and normal enthusiasm
Definition:
lacking energy and normal enthusiasm