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lazily

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la·zy  (lz)
adj. la·zi·er, la·zi·est
1. Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.
2. Slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy river.
3. Conducive to idleness or indolence: a lazy summer day.
4. Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.

[Probably of Low German origin.]

lazi·ly adv.
lazi·ness n.
Synonyms: lazy, fainéant, idle, indolent, slothful
These adjectives mean not disposed to exertion, work, or activity: too lazy to wash the dishes; fainéant aristocrats; an idle drifter; an indolent hanger-on; slothful employees.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.lazily - in a slow and lazy manner; "I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air"
2.lazily - in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people"
Translations
lazily [ˈleɪzɪlɪ] ADV
1. (= without effort) → perezosamente
2. (fig) [drift, float] → perezosamente(liter), lentamente
lazily [ˈleɪzɪli] adv (= in a relaxed way) [move, stretch] → paresseusement; [smile] → avec désinvolture
lazily
advfaul; (= languidly, unhurriedly)träge; drift, floatgemächlich
lazily [ˈleɪzɪlɪ] advpigramente
lazily [ˈleɪzɪlɪ] advpigramente


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Once it smiled a silent dell Where the people did not dwell; They had gone unto the wars, Trusting to the mild-eyed stars, Nightly, from their azure towers, To keep watch above the flowers, In the midst of which all day The red sun-light lazily lay.
He appealed to the Ass to fly with him, lest they should both be captured, but the animal lazily replied, "Why should I, pray?
From the opening crawled John Mortonson's cat, which lazily leapt to the floor, sat up, tranquilly wiped its crimson muzzle with a forepaw, then walked with dignity from the room.
 
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