lingering

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Verb

1. present participle of linger#English|linger

Noun

lingering (plural lingerings)

1. An act of lingering or waiting.
   • 2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (page 73)

     But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.

2. That which lingers; a remnant.

   • The lingerings of decent pride were visible in her appearance. Her dress, though humble in the extreme, was scrupulously clean.

Translations

• Russian: ожидание

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