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Definition
lacking energy and normal enthusiasm
- They drug around listlessly, not actually shirking their work but taking a long time to do it.Chapters 38-39 (72% in)
- The cattle were walking listlessly, worn out from their run.Chapters 66-67 (82% in)
- By daybreak the herd was strung out to a distance of more than five miles, most of the men plodding along as listlessly as the cattle.Chapters 89-90 (39% in)
There are no more uses of "listless" in Lonesome Dove.
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