All 9 Uses of
lethargic
in
Dracula
- She complains of difficulty breathing satisfactorily at times, and of heavy, lethargic sleep, with dreams that frighten her, but regarding which she can remember nothing.†
p. 122.2lethargic = lacking energy
- It was certainly odd that whenever she got into that lethargic state, with the stertorous breathing, she put the flowers from her, but that when she waked she clutched them close.†
p. 170.7
- I think that the digression of my thoughts must have done me good, for when I got back to bed I found a lethargy creeping over me.†
p. 274.9lethargy = lack of energy; or (often in historic literature) a state of sleep
- I would have got out to make certain on the point, but some leaden lethargy seemed to chain my limbs and even my will.
p. 275.6 *lethargy = a state with a lack of energy
- The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.†
p. 290.9lethargic = lacking energy
- There seemed none of the unity of purpose between the parts of the body which marks even lethargic sanity.†
p. 293.4
- The lethargy grows upon her, and though she seems strong and well, and is getting back some of her colour, Van Helsing and I are not satisfied.†
p. 357.1lethargy = lack of energy; or (often in historic literature) a state of sleep
- About noon she got into a sort of lethargy which we did not like.†
p. 357.9
- He added significantly, "I did not like that lethargy of Madam Mina's.†
p. 358.8
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.