different between languorous vs languorously

English

Alternative forms

• langorous
• langourous
• languourous

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?læ???r?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?læ?(?)?r?s/
• Hyphenation: lan?guo?rous

Etymology

From Middle French langoreux

Adjective

languorous (comparative more languorous, superlative most languorous)

1. lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
   • 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg

     After a languorous stretch of exposition that introduces a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo and enough supporting characters to fill a Dickens novel (played by the likes of Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Ruby Rose), we follow a three-person submersible down to the ocean depths.

Related terms

• languid
• languish
• languor

Translations

English

Etymology

languorous +? -ly

Adverb

languorously (comparative more languorously, superlative most languorously)

1. In a languorous manner, without exertion, lazily.

   I stretched languorously, and then remained in bed.