listlessly
adverb
- with languid indifference (in a listless manner)
Wiktionary
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English lystles English listless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English listlessly From listless + -ly.
- In a listless manner; without energy or enthusiasm.
“The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly.”
“And as a child stares at the bare walls of a narrow hut, so the gods looked all listlessly upon the worlds, saying: “Will no new thing be?””