Both Uses
lethargic
in
Barn Burning, by Faulkner
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- The two sisters stooped, broad, lethargic; stooping, they presented an incredible expanse of pale cloth and a flutter of tawdry ribbons.†
*lethargic = lacking energy
- From the woodpile through the rest of the afternoon the boy watched them, the rug spread flat in the dust beside the bubbling wash-pot, the two sisters stooping over it with that profound and lethargic reluctance, while the father stood over them in turn, implacable and grim, driving them though never raising his voice again.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(lethargic) lacking energy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, lethargy can refer to inactivity or even a state of unconsciousness.