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languishingly adverb literaryuk /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that shows you are feeling a little sad because you love or want someone or something very much: Whilst she languishingly reposes I put everything in order. The dancers writhed to and fro, now languishingly, now furiously, together and apart. "I used to dance," she said, resting her head languishingly on Sergey's shoulder, "but how can I dance without music?" No one can listen with any sort of attention to such unavailing babble, however languishingly uttered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Feelings of desire appetite caprice carnality carnally compulsion desperation entitled hankering hunger impulse impulse buy itchy temptation thirst urge vaulting whim whimsy wish yen |