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Recent Examples of languidly
There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Her game is languidly devastating.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Gainsbourg sits at the wheel of the car, languidly turning the wheel in a green velvet Saint Laurent jacket and a pair of shades, before climbing up onto the seats to let the breeze fly through her hair.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Dimension 20 airs its actual play in neater, more digestible two-hour episodes, as opposed to playing out languidly in real-time like Critical Role.
—Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Her game is languidly devastating.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Gainsbourg sits at the wheel of the car, languidly turning the wheel in a green velvet Saint Laurent jacket and a pair of shades, before climbing up onto the seats to let the breeze fly through her hair.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Dimension 20 airs its actual play in neater, more digestible two-hour episodes, as opposed to playing out languidly in real-time like Critical Role.
—Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for languidly
Adverb
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Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Drone footage shared by the venue shows the mission’s Orion spacecraft lazily circling the picture-perfect Moon.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Timothée Chalamet heads to the beach in Miami in a casually stylish look of a Nahmias cap, Supreme x Wu-Tang Clan RZA T-shirt and cargo shorts on April 17.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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The need to constantly fact check statements by those who casually share stories in public forums, not to mention politicians and corporations, will not be lost on contemporary theater audiences.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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My daughter enters the kitchen and stands there listlessly.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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She is shown floating listlessly through space until her superpowers finally kick in.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
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If the power comes flickering on for a few precious hours in the middle of the night, that’s when Cubans now rise to wearily cook and iron clothes.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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One wearily pushes hers in a creaky pram.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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He was beaten from distance for the first goal, moving sluggishly as a shot dropped into his far corner.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lincoln-Way East started sluggishly, to say the least, and trailed 7-4 after one quarter before Brown entered the game and scored seven points in the second quarter.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Languidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/languidly. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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