Question

Read the passage.

Information
from ,begin bold,War and Peace,end bold,



Prince Vasili always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a stale part. Anna Pavlovna Scherer on the contrary, despite her forty years, overflowed with animation and impulsiveness. To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the expectations of those who knew her. The subdued smile which, though it did not suit her faded features, always played round her lips expressed, as in a spoiled child, a continual consciousness of her charming defect, which she neither wished, nor could, nor considered it necessary, to correct.



(from ,begin underline,War and Peace,end underline, by Leo Tolstoy)

Question
Which is the ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, definition of "languidly"?

Answer options with 4 options
1.
carefully

2.
infrequently

3.
listlessly

4.
soothingly

Answer 1

The best definition of "languidly" in the context of the passage is:

3. listlessly

This is because "languidly" suggests a lack of energy or vitality, which aligns with the description of Prince Vasili's way of speaking.