listlesslyadv.
/ˈlɪs(t)lᵻsli/, U.S. /ˈlɪs(t)lᵻsli/ In a listless manner; with languid indifference.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adverb]
unlustilyc1390
supinely1605
supine1615
lethargically1633
unlustly1649
phlegmatically1673
phlegmaticly1673
listlessly1693
davielya1796
sloomy1820
torpidly1820
moonily1887
mooningly1893
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adverb] > with languid indifference
listlessly1693
1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §116. 142 Whether he lazily and listlessly dreams away his time.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 96 The cold hands,..when she ceased to hold them, fell listlessly and heavily back on the coverlet.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter III. 3 She went about the house listlessly, yet was too restless to sit long at her work.
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adv.1693- to throw one's hat into the ring
- to throw one's heart into
- to throw one's leg over
- to throw one's money about
- to throw one's mouth
- to throw one's rattle out of the cot
- to throw one's rattle out of the pram
- to throw one's soul into
- to throw one's toys out of the cot
- to throw one's toys out of the pram
- to throw one's weight about or around
- to throw one's wicket away
- to throw oneself at
- to throw oneself at the head of
- to throw oneself away
- to throw oneself into
- to throw oneself into the arms of
- to throw oneself on
- to throw oneself upon
- to throw open
- to throw open one's doors
- to throw out
- to throw out a tub to the whale
- to throw out of gear
- to throw out of state