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Meanings of languid in anglès

Lacking spirit or liveliness.

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Usage of languid in anglès
1
I hid my surprise at his question behind a long, languid stretch.
Fortune's Pawn
2
All over Ireland hotels are refurbishing and renovating after 10 languid years.
The Irish Times
3
All that was back in the decrepit and languid and hopesick nineties.
The Canadian Commonwealth
4
A languid South African team were lucky to get nil that day.
The South African
5
A languid moment passed, then she laughed, her body shaking with it.
The Wise Man’s Fear
6
With a languid yet graceful poise, he feints and shimmies past opponents.
The Guardian
7
The animal started slowly moving toward them through the doorway, languid, unafraid.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
8
Her mother opened her languid eyes wide when the child came in.
Men, Women, and Ghosts
9
Steam curled languidly from it; also a smell not quite as languid.
In Secret
10
The families have been frustrated with the government's languid and uninformative response.
The South African
11
The following week or so my mood was strangely languid and serene.
Pinball, 1973
12
It was so very different from Rohan's pale, languid, surprisingly strong one.
Ruthless
13
Sibylla busied herself with the tea, in a languid sort of manner.
Verner's Pride
14
In summer he is not languid, for the air is never sultry.
California and the Californians
15
She settled back upon the cushions, stretched one languid arm in farewell.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
16
To the south, orchards and woods bounded the languid Bay of Divers.
Penguin Island
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Languid across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common