All 5 Uses of
listless
in
Crime and Punishment
- "Well, it's a way out of it," he thought, walking slowly and listlessly along the canal bank.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- Raskolnikov really was almost well, as compared with his condition the day before, but he was still pale, listless, and sombre.†
Chpt 3.3
- The pale, sombre face lighted up for a moment when his mother and sister entered, but this only gave it a look of more intense suffering, in place of its listless dejection.†
Chpt 3.3
- "My lodging," he answered, listlessly.†
Chpt 3.3
- "Svidrigailov," someone answered from the other room with drowsy listlessness.†
Chpt 6.8
Definition:
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(listless) lacking energy and normal enthusiasm