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Antonyms for lingeringly

Grammar : Adv
Spell : ling-ger
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪŋ gər


Definition of lingeringly

Origin :
  • c.1300, lenger "reside, dwell," northern England frequentative of lengen "to tarry," from Old English lengan "prolong, lengthen," from Proto-Germanic *langjan "to make long" (cf. Old Frisian lendza, Old High German lengan, Dutch lengen "to lengthen"), source of Old English lang (see long (adj.)). Sense of "delay going, depart slowly and unwillingly" is from 1520s. Related: Lingered; lingering.
  • As in leisurely : adv casually, unhurriedly
Example sentences :
  • "I fear I have already stayed too long," answered Yates lingeringly.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • He stooped and kissed her, reverently and lingeringly, upon the forehead.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • They are accepted, lingeringly, daintily, but are not eaten.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • The honored guest held it lingeringly, and the ceremonies were at an end.
  • Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
  • He stoops over her, and taking her hand presses it fondly, lingeringly.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • It is better to be crushed at once than to be slowly and lingeringly wasted!
  • Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach
  • Deliberately, lingeringly, he unharnessed the horses and put them in the corral.
  • Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • He held her in his arms and kissed her—long and lingeringly.
  • Extract from : « Heist Job on Thizar » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • I did not withdraw my hand, which he kissed, but lingeringly.
  • Extract from : « Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete » by Gustave Droz
  • Lingeringly she twined her fingers in his mane, as if about to spring to his back!
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various

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