languishinglyadv.
/ˈlaŋɡwᵻʃɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋli/ In a languishing manner; (in later use) esp. in a manner expressive of sentimental tenderness.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adverb] > in a weak manner or condition
weakly1470
languishingly1579
languidly1759
groggily1896
punily1906
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adverb]
wearily1481
out of breath1565
faintingly1576
languishingly1579
tiredly1659
weariedly1681
pantingly1744
exhaustedly1835
droopingly1852
languorously1858
to a frazzle1865
leadenly1879
jadedly1885
wearifully1888
the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb]
lateeOE
latelyOE
heavilyc1000
hoolya1340
slowlyc1384
slowa1398
sluggedlyc1450
tarryingly1530
loiteringly1547
sluggishly1565
languishingly1579
limpingly1579
lingeringly1589
tarde1598
unnimbly1607
longsomelyc1610
tardilya1616
languidly1655
heavy1701
slack1854
snailishly1889
tharfly1894
pole pole1902
weedy-slow1921
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > tardily or sluggishly
slacklyc960
latelyOE
heavilyc1000
hoolya1340
sluggedlyc1450
sluggishlyc1450
tarryingly1530
loiteringly1547
tediously1557
languishingly1579
limpingly1579
lingeringly1589
unnimbly1607
longsomelyc1610
tardilya1616
a-sluga1620
sluggingly1653
languidly1655
dilatorily1700
heavy1701
lagginglyc1817
laggardly1835
slack1854
slackly1884
logily1912
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adverb] > languidly
languishingly1579
wearishly1633
languidly1726
languorously1858
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adverb] > languishingly
languishingly1579
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xlix. f. 224 Sorowe. My chylde is dead of a fal from an hygh. Reason. Vnto them that dye languishingly [L. Languidæ pereuntibus], death often times seemeth the sharper.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss3 Howsoeuer the dulnes of Melancholy would haue languishingly yeelded thereunto.
1657 R. Mossom in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1871) II. Ps. xxx. 7 The soul becomes languishingly afflicted, even with all variety of disquietments.
1678 J. Dryden All for Love iii. 35 She..cast a look so languishingly sweet, As if, secure of all beholders hearts, Neglecting she could take 'em.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. xi. 107 The Digestions and Secretions must be weaker and more languishingly perform'd than they ought to be.
1761 J. Hawkesworth Edgar & Emmeline ii. i. 21 Edgar, being fir'd with the charms of Emmeline, first gaz'd languishingly upon her.
1813 Ld. Byron Giaour 11 Her eye's dark charm 'twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xv. 220 Their long arms and golden tresses waved languishingly downward in the breeze.
1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 157 A fat, fair..creature, shutting one eye languishingly.
1878 A. Pinkerton Strikers, Communists, Tramps & Detectives vii. 80 A general organization can hardly be said to exist, although several feeble offshoots of the parent stem can be discovered lingering along languishingly.
1916 tr. R. Tagore Hungry Stones & Other Stories 235 When the peons were leaving, with thunder in their eyes, he looked at them languishingly.
1944 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 2 Aug. 8/1 We gaze languishingly out the window on imaginary misty moors.
1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 Feb. 18 We view the spectacle of an almost empty left side of the Chamber where perhaps half a dozen English MPs are languishingly ensconsed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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