All 5 Uses
listless
in
The Grass is Singing
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- It had been a drug, a soporific, in the past, reading them; now, as she turned them over listlessly, she wondered why they had lost their flavor.†
p. 65.9 *listlessly = with a lack of energy and normal enthusiasm
- The coolness gave her back some of her vitality: she was tired, yes, but it was not unbearable; she clutched at the cold months as if they were a shield to ward off the dreaded listlessness of the heat that would follow.†
p. 115.4listlessness = lack of energy and normal enthusiasm
- But her attitude said listlessly, "What is the use?"†
p. 179.8listlessly = with a lack of energy and normal enthusiasm
- "How can I?" said Dick listlessly.†
p. 204.9
- Listlessly she stacked the plates, carried them into the kitchen, filled the sink with water, and then forgot what she was doing.†
p. 223.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(listless) lacking energy and normal enthusiasm
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)