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# languid

«languid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Moving slowly and lazily, without energy, often in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (languid, more languid, most languid)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Moving slowly and lazily, without energy, often in a pleasant, relaxed way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#m1)

2) Weak and tired, without any wish to do things, maybe from heat or illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#m2)

3) (of weather, days) Slow, warm and calm: «a languid summer afternoon». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Story writers use «languid» for lazy summer scenes and for elegant, bored people. In The Wind in the Willows the summer river and lazy afternoons have a languid feel. A languid wave of the hand shows someone cannot be bothered. Opposite: energetic, brisk, lively.

### examples

- The cat stretched in a languid way on the warm wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x1)
- It was a languid summer afternoon, and nobody wanted to move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x2)
- She gave a languid wave from her deckchair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x3)
- The heat made everyone feel languid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x4)
- The river flowed slow and languid between the willows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x5)
- The bored prince spoke in a languid voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x6)
- The princess took the note and opened it with languid indifference. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/#x7)

### note

Said «LANG-gwid». Adverb: languidly. Related words: languish (become weak), languor (pleasant tiredness).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «languid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/languid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.