LANGUIDLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

languidly

adverb

Definition of languidly

as in lazily

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Recent Examples of languidly Elsewhere, stoles stole the show, particular those draped languidly over the shoulder or fashioned as cummerbunds. — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026 On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 The Guadalupe is calm now, flowing languidly as families can be seen splashing in the cool waters. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots. — 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 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

Demis Hassabis has made the same point more bluntly, cautioning that using AI lazily can actually make people worse at critical thinking.

— Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The Roamer rolled lazily in the light swell that was coming in from the open lake, and our rod tips dipped and rose, but nobody got a strike.

— JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of lazily

Adverb

Some looked younger than thirty and were dressed casually, while others already looked the part of the candidate, in suits or high heels.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
She’s casually seated on a couch, soft-spoken, and sometimes pausing to search for the right words in English.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of casually

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Lady Holiday listlessly turns the pages, barely glancing at Miss Piggy in various outfits.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

Definition of listlessly

Adverb

Some of the rumors were true, most weren’t, but there was no line across which any tale was too tall to make our bodies hurt a little more, to make our hearts move a little more wearily.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Every Sunday, Jesse Minter strode wearily onto a red-eye flight at Los Angeles International Airport for a trip back to Baltimore, where the work week awaited.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026

Definition of wearily

Adverb

The fish looks straight at me, flopping sluggishly from side to side.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Hayes’ 3-pointer from the midcourt logo to end the first quarter keyed the Valkyries’ 24-9 second-quarter surge and enlivened a Golden State group that had started the game sluggishly.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sluggishly

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The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
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

Definition of halfheartedly

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