Definition of "languishingly" [lan•guish•ing•ly]

• In a languishing manner. (adverb)

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• "To not just make Lou Reed elegant - as the languishingly plucky "Sweet Jane" is rendered - but to insert an Indian peyote chant is to demonstrate the elasticity of rock and roll when it's understood."
• "For every blooming bird is an Oxford cuckoo nowadays, you can't sit on a bus nor in the tube but it breathes gently and languishingly in the back of your neck."
• "With the little groan of one who yields to a desire contrary to her self-respect, Louisa dropped at the feet of Helena, laid her arm and her head languishingly on the knee of her friend."