All 6 Uses
languid
in
Heart of Darkness
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- The idleness of a passenger, my isolation amongst all these men with whom I had no point of contact, the oily and languid sea, the uniform somberness of the coast, seemed to keep me away from the truth of things, within the toil of a mournful and senseless delusion.†
Chpt 1
- White men with long staves in their hands appeared languidly from amongst the buildings, strolling up to take a look at me, and then retired out of sight somewhere.†
Chpt 1languidly = without much energy; or moving slowly or in a relaxed manner
- The current was more rapid now, the steamer seemed at her last gasp, the stern-wheel flopped languidly, and I caught myself listening on tiptoe for the next beat of the boat, for in sober truth I expected the wretched thing to give up every moment.†
Chpt 2
- the languid beat of the stern-wheel came plainly to my ears.
Chpt 2 *languid = slowly moving
- I was struck by the fire of his eyes and the composed languor of his expression.†
Chpt 3
- And later on I seemed to see his collected languid manner, when he said one day, 'This lot of ivory now is really mine.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(languid) lacking energy or relaxed or moving slowly
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)