Both Uses of
lethargic
in
Alias Grace
- He must concentrate his intellectual forces; he can't afford to flag now, give in to lethargy, lose hold of the thread he's been following over the course of these past weeks, for at last they are approaching together the centre of Grace's narrative.
Chpt 9 *lethargy = lack of energy
- He was expecting a series of monosyllables, mere yes's and no's dragged out of her, out of her lethargy and stupor; a series of compelled and somnolent responses to his own firm demands.†
Chpt 13lethargy = lack of energy; or (often in historic literature) a state of sleep
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.