listlessly

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listlessly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Listless \List"less\, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.]
     Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless;
     spiritless. " A listless unconcern." --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.
                                                    --Dryden.
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           I was listless, and desponding.          --Swift.
  
     Syn: Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested;
          languid; spiritless; supine; indolent. --
          List"less*ly, adv. -- List"less*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

listlessly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  listlessly
      adv 1: in a listless manner; "they shook hands rather
             listlessly"