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droopingly
droop D0395900 (dro͞op)v. drooped, droop·ing, droops v.intr.1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" (Gore Vidal).2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.v.tr. To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail" (Norman Mailer).n. The act or condition of drooping.
[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drūpa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
droop′i·ly, droop′ing·ly adv.droop′y adj.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | droopingly - in a drooping manner; "a branch hung low, droopingly" |
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