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limply

adv

Etymology

From limp + -ly.

  1. inherited from *(s)lemb-✻
  2. inherited from *limpaną✻ — “to hang down”
  3. inherited from *limpan✻
  4. inherited from limpan
  5. inherited from limpen — “to fall short”
  6. suffixed as limply — “limp + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a limp manner, without support or resistance.

    • The flag hung limply in the still air.
    • Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck.
    • He went on kissing her with unflagging industry, while she remained limply in his arms, in a species of satisfied trance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA