Vocabulary Word
Word: lethargic
Definition: drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity
Definition: drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity
Sentences Containing 'lethargic'
I have looked at her, in a state so dun and lethargic, that I have thought of nothing but the number of horizontal lines I could draw across her at the full, and the number of perpendicular lines with which I could intersect them.''
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