Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Drawing out in time; remaining long; protracted; dilatory in action: as, a lingering illness; lingering poisons.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of linger.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Delaying.
- adj. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of tarrying
Examples
“He leaves the phrase lingering there as I ponder it.”
““Oh, well, a lingering disease,” Charmian said, placing the emphasis on the word lingering, as though she meant it was Thea who lingered, not the disease.”
“Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, said his group is working diligently on what he described as a lingering threat to the international community.”
“But those shouldn't blind investors to the other risk still lingering from the credit bust: how much bank assets are really worth.”
“Profit fell 18%, to $2.1 billion, as GE set aside $1.1 billion to cover liabilities still lingering from a now-divested consumer finance business in Japan.”
The Wall Street Journal: GE Revenue Takes a Hit; Energy Drops
“*** Conglomerates General Electric 's profit fell 18%, to $2.1 billion, as the Connecticut-based conglomerate set aside $1.1 billion to cover liabilities still lingering from a now-divested consumer finance business in Japan.”
““Coastal erosion and hurricane protection are two of the most pressing issues faced by south Louisiana, and bureaucratic foot-dragging leaves in lingering jeopardy both our coast and the safety of the millions of Louisianians living there.””
“The question I have lingering is ... why did * I* stay?”
“I have a wee bit of prissiness still lingering from a childhood of parochial schooling.”
“Maroon walls, pictures of landscapes, some odor lingering from the kitchen.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lingering’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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Inspiration
These words function as gateways to new spaces that need to be explored.
summon, unfold, unfurl, circuitous, tangent, analogous, propitious, lingering, stagnate, dynamic, pause, layers and 23 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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Words That Are Sexy To My Ears
coloratura, chiaroscuro, leather, cognac, pulse, luscious, auburn, tawny, sibylline, murmur, delicious, musk and 107 more...
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A Dalliance of Dahlias
For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names I
Tulip Names II: You Know My Name
A Myriad of Iriia la mode, ace o' hearts, acclimation, adhesion, admirable, adorable you, advance, affirmed, after glow, agricola, alabama melody, alabaster queen and 1152 more...
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Poetrie: The Poems I Have Not Written
by John Brehm
I’m so wildly unprolific, the poems
I have not written would reach
from here to the California coast
if you laid them end to end.
And if ...describe, imagine, failed, sweep, divert, reproof, lingering, flutelike, interrogation, stately, intersecting, slick and 23 more...
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Immrama
Magical Celtic Voyages
literally 'rowings about'The Voyage of Mae..., The Voyage of the..., The Voyage of Sne..., Voyage of St. Bre..., peregrinatio, The Voyage of the..., immrama, Vita Columbae, Vita Albie, Vita Fintani seu ..., peripteral, repechage and 85 more...
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Children From Russia Spend Summer
Children From Russia Spend Summers in California
http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?f...spokesperson, weird, suffering, meltdown, contaminate, nuclear, disaster, radiation, power plant, nuclear power plant, fallout, spawn and 18 more...
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xephemiance's list
asphalt, cascade, cocaine, aperitif, saudade, phthalo, requiem, lingering, sere, vicarism, schism, imaginary
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general favorites
anemometer, backsiphonage, catalpa, compunction, curvature, dialectical, epanalepsis, epic, fascicle, firmament, interdigitated, laquearia and 13 more...
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HU101
Words for vocabulary test in Communication Skills course, HU101.
bequeath, lingering, prejudice, oxymoron, rigmarole, zealot, customary, dreary, etiquette, fragile, grandiose, hunky-dory and 48 more...
Tweets
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bilby Not sure about wireless. They usually have strapless. Sep 28, 2008
mollusque They have wifi in underwear boutiques? Sep 28, 2008
bilby Hanging around an underwear boutique. Sep 28, 2008