lingeringly

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Synonyms for lingeringly

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Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for lingeringly

"I fear I have already stayed too long," answered Yates lingeringly.

He stooped and kissed her, reverently and lingeringly, upon the forehead.

They are accepted, lingeringly, daintily, but are not eaten.

The honored guest held it lingeringly, and the ceremonies were at an end.

He stoops over her, and taking her hand presses it fondly, lingeringly.

It is better to be crushed at once than to be slowly and lingeringly wasted!

Deliberately, lingeringly, he unharnessed the horses and put them in the corral.

He held her in his arms and kissed her—long and lingeringly.

I did not withdraw my hand, which he kissed, but lingeringly.

Lingeringly she twined her fingers in his mane, as if about to spring to his back!

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