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Definition of Limply
1. Adverb. Without rigidity. "The body was hanging limply from the tree"
Definition of Limply
1. Adverb. In a limp manner, without support or resistance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limply
1. in a limp manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limply
Literary usage of Limply
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"... which limply affirms or denies any thine. • ENUNCIATION, [in í/girk] it t
Figure in .... limply ..."
2. The Maidens of the Rocks by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1898)
"... their arms, which hung limply at their sides, like dead things, moving with
every step like the rosaries suspended from their waists. ..."
3. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"... By a few limply words to turn the tables. Byron, Don Juan, L 73. Turnabout (The),
the Times newspaper. The editor, T. Barnes, was called " Mr. T. Bounce ..."
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