The Only Use of
languid
in
The Giver
- Before he had left the dwelling, he had laid his hands firmly on Gabe's back and transmitted to him the most soothing memory he could: a slow-swinging hammock under palm trees on an island someplace, at evening, with a rhythmic sound of languid water lapping hypnotically against a beach nearby.†
p. 166.6
Definition:
lacking energy or relaxed or moving slowly