lazily

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English

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Etymology

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From lazy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧zi‧ly

Adverb

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lazily (comparative more lazily, superlative most lazily)

  1. In a lazy manner.
    She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.
  2. In a slow manner.
    • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, [], →OCLC, part I, page 203:
      Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long eight-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy, slimy swell swung her up lazily and let her down, swaying her thin masts.
    • 1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41:
      Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about.

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