What does lingering mean?
Lingering means gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting..
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/ˈlɪŋɡəɹɪŋ/ · noun
gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting..
But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.
The lingerings of decent pride were visible in her appearance. Her dress, though humble in the extreme, was scrupulously clean.
Whatever little lingerings may have now and then revived in my mind associated with my poor old face had only revived as belonging to a part of my life that was gone—gone like my infancy or my childhood.
Use lingering when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lingering means gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting..
Common synonyms include tarrying, tarriance.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.
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