listlessly

1. 1.

   in a listless manner

   “they shook hands rather listlessly”

Questions about listlessly

What does listlessly mean?

listlessly means "in a listless manner".

How many syllables are in listlessly?

listlessly has 3 syllables: list-les-sly. The stress falls on "list". In IPA it is /ˈlɪstləsli/.

Is listlessly a common word?

listlessly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.