languorous Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈlæŋ.ɡə.rəs]
  • Us [ ˈlæŋ.ɡɚ.əs]

Meaning of languorous In English

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Examples of languorous

  • He pads across the cobbles with a languorous cowboy amble.

  • She has a very languorous way of talking.

  • Her body seemed too languorous to react quickly to the commands of her brain.

  • If sound issued from the castrato's languorous body at all, far from being expressed, it seemed to be emitted accidentally.

  • The aspirate melody's languorous treatment of bar lines runs counter to the rigid feel of the standard fanfare, as does the dreamy minor key setting.

  • There was a languorous dismay about him which is always attractive.

  • The arched gateway has thick pillars that have strings of beads and other ornaments carved on statues of smiling women in languorous repose.

  • The music is suggestive of a languorous summer's day in some exotic clime, and matching it the dancers move steadily and languorously too.

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