All 6 Uses of
languid
in
Babbitt
- Babbitt was too languid this evening to pursue his duty of being a captivating (though strictly moral) male.†
Chpt 9 *
- She languidly pulled down the blind, and he stood still, a cold feeling of insignificance in his heart.†
Chpt 13
- For two days he was languorous and petted and esteemed.†
Chpt 18
- He was too languid to respond as he desired.†
Chpt 22
- Languidly he remained.†
Chpt 28
- As she drowsed away in the tropic languor of morphia, he sat on the edge of her bed, holding her hand, and for the first time in many weeks her hand abode trustfully in his.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(languid) lacking energy or relaxed or moving slowly