Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a spiritless manner; without spirit: without exertion.
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- adverb In a
spiritless manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whining spiritlessly, they were reluctant to work.
A DAY'S LODGING 2010
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At any rate, her spouse was sober, and his fat bulged spiritlessly through the rips in Willie Smee's silk shirt.
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He pulled his cigarette spiritlessly, and his voice was peculiarly dead and monotonous.
Chapter 17 2010
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He pulled his cigarette spiritlessly, and his voice was peculiarly dead and monotonous.
Hullabaloo 2004
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We spent the weekend spiritlessly sightseeing, assailed by unspoken anxieties.
Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002
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"I'm coming," she told him spiritlessly, and followed him.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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The Trellisanians followed spiritlessly, defeat heavy upon them, as if nothing they did mattered any more.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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The Trellisanians followed spiritlessly, defeat heavy upon them, as if nothing they did mattered any more.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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The Trellisanians followed spiritlessly, defeat heavy upon them, as if nothing they did mattered any more.
The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin 1990
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The Heathflower thing came straight off the course, and stood spiritlessly, drooping her head and blinking her eyes.
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