1. in a manner showing tiredness, weakness, or lack of energy
Usage: literary
2. in a manner expressing romantic longing or tender emotion
Usage: literary

Examples

• She gazed languishingly out the window at the rain.
• The patient moved languishingly through the hospital corridors.
• He spoke languishingly of his distant homeland.
• The flowers drooped languishingly in the summer heat.
• She sighed languishingly as she read the love letter.
• The cat stretched languishingly in the warm sunlight.