list"less*ly

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Listless \List"less\, a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

I was listless, and desponding. --Swift.

Syn: Heedless; careless; indifferent; vacant; uninterested; languid; spiritless; supine; indolent. -- List"less*ly, adv. -- List"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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