All 4 Uses of
lethargic
in
Jane Eyre
- She generally lies in a kind of lethargy all the afternoon, and wakes up about six or seven.†
p. 261.7lethargy = lack of energy; or (often in historic literature) a state of sleep
- She continued either delirious or lethargic; and the doctor forbade everything which could painfully excite her.†
p. 268.5 *lethargic = lacking energy
- I found the sick-room unwatched, as I had expected: no nurse was there; the patient lay still, and seemingly lethargic; her livid face sunk in the pillows: the fire was dying in the grate.†
p. 273.4
- Mr. St. John came but once: he looked at me, and said my state of lethargy was the result of reaction from excessive and protracted fatigue.†
p. 390.2lethargy = lack of energy; or (often in historic literature) a state of sleep
Definitions:
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(1)
(lethargic) lacking energy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, lethargy can refer to inactivity or even a state of unconsciousness.