spiritlessly
In dispirited fashion
In a manner lacking energy, enthusiasm, or vitality.
Someone who works spiritlessly goes through the motions without engagement or passion: She spiritlessly shuffled through the paperwork.
The word suggests defeated resignation rather than mere tiredness.
Lacking interest or concern
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
passive · uninterested · emotionless · nonchalant · impassive · aloof · cold · unresponsive
Without signs of vitality
- flatlyWithout expression or qualification
- blandlyWithout distinctive character
- monotonouslyIn unvarying repetition
- colorlesslyWithout vibrancy or interest
insipidly · vapidly · tonelessly · expressionlessly · blankly · woodenly · stiffly · robotically
Lacking energy or enthusiasm
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- languidWeak and without vigor
- torpidInactive and slow
- enervatedDepleted of vitality
drained · weary · fatigued · exhausted · inert · sapped · drooping · limp
In dejected manner
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- dejectedlyIn a disheartened manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- moroselyIn sullen spirits
drearily · bleakly · cheerlessly · unhappily · sadly · mournfully · dolefully · somberly
Without original thought
- prosaicallyIn an unexciting manner
- banallyIn an unoriginal manner
- mundanelyIn commonplace manner
- routinelyAs standard practice
predictably · formulaically · hackneyed · unoriginally · conventionally · staidly
indifferent
Lacking interest or concern
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
unconcerned · passive · uninterested · emotionless · nonchalant · impassive · aloof · cold · unresponsive · dispassionate
lifelessly
Without signs of vitality
- flatlyWithout expression or qualification
- blandlyWithout distinctive character
- monotonouslyIn unvarying repetition
colorlessly · insipidly · vapidly · tonelessly · expressionlessly · blankly · woodenly · stiffly · robotically · automatically
listless
Lacking energy or enthusiasm
enervated · drained · weary · fatigued · exhausted · inert · sapped · drooping · limp · feebly
glumly
In dejected manner
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- dejectedlyIn a disheartened manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
morosely · drearily · bleakly · cheerlessly · unhappily · sadly · mournfully · dolefully · somberly · melancholically
uncreatively
Without original thought
- prosaicallyIn an unexciting manner
- banallyIn an unoriginal manner
- mundanelyIn commonplace manner
routinely · predictably · formulaically · hackneyed · unoriginally · conventionally · staidly
spiritlesslyenergetically
With much vigor
vigorously · spiritedly · enthusiastically · vivaciously · animatedly
spiritlesslyenthusiastically
With eager excitement
passionately · eagerly · ardently · fervently · gleefully
spiritlesslyresolutely
With firm determination
determinedly · boldly · courageously · defiantly · doggedly