Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a lingering manner; with delay; slowly; tediously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With delay; slowly; tediously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
lingering manner,persistently , tending to remain.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cassowary "-- he pronounced the word lingeringly as though to prolong his pleasure in it --" real name doesn't matter.
The Madness of May Meredith Nicholson 1906
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I shall beard him in his gullet, and, while he lingeringly chokes to death over my unpalatableness and general spinefulness, do you, fair damsels, flee to the mountains lest the valleys fall upon you.
CHAPTER III 2010
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Daisy leaned over and kissed him, lingeringly and passionately.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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He looked lingeringly over her, coming back now and again to the eyes, behind the deep earnestness of which he could not guess lay concealed a deeper sneer.
THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010
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Daisy leaned over and kissed him, lingeringly and passionately.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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She leaned over him and pressed her lips softly and lingeringly to his hair.
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He looked lingeringly over her, coming back now and again to the eyes, behind the deep earnestness of which he could not guess lay concealed a deeper sneer.
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He slowed the pace and lingeringly kissed the area covered by my panties.
Recipe for Love Shamara Ray 2011
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He slowed the pace and lingeringly kissed the area covered by my panties.
Recipe for Love Shamara Ray 2011
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He kissed Anneliese lingeringly when she and Hymen dropped him off in his driveway.
Hymen 2010
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