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Languorously paced and literally dressed to kill, the movie is a corrosive attack on beauty — or at least our soulless, corporatized definition of the term — but it is also, above all else, a hypnotically beautiful object.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2016

Languorously, with blandishment in every tone, she tried to stay the truant Tannh�user whose torn soul was marvelously depicted by the stately chords of holy Pilgrim music and the madly skirling strings of a Bacchanal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Languorously she leaned back among the cushions of the sofa.

From The Title Market by Soper, J. H. Gardner

Languorously from some good practical pocket little Eve Edgarton extracted a much be-frilled chocolate bonbon and sat there munching it with extreme thoughtfulness.

From Little Eve Edgarton by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

Languorously Zillah Forsyth looked up from her work, and laughed.

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell