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lingering
(encz) | lingering,přetrvávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
lingering
(encz) | lingering,vleklý adj: web |
Lingering
(gcide) | Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
1. Delaying.
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2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a
lingering disease.
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To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering
anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.
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Lingering
(gcide) | Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]
[OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr.
lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
in suspense; to hesitate.
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Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
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Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
--Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
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lingering
(wn) | lingering
n 1: the act of tarrying [syn: tarriance, lingering] |
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lingering
(encz) | lingering,přetrvávání n: Zdeněk Brožlingering,vleklý adj: web |
lingeringly
(encz) | lingeringly,loudavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
malingering
(encz) | malingering, n: |
Lingeringly
(gcide) | Lingeringly \Lin"ger*ing*ly\, adv.
With delay; slowly; tediously.
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Malingering
(gcide) | Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Malingering.]
To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
inability.
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Unlingering
(gcide) | Unlingering \Unlingering\
See lingering. |
lingering
(wn) | lingering
n 1: the act of tarrying [syn: tarriance, lingering] |
lingeringly
(wn) | lingeringly
adv 1: in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way; "her voice was
swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly"
-Rossetti [syn: lingeringly, protractedly] |
malingering
(wn) | malingering
n 1: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
"they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn:
malingering, skulking] |
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