lazily


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la·zy

 (lā′zē)
adj. la·zi·er, la·zi·est
1. Not willing to work or be energetic.
2. Slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy river.
3. Conducive to inactivity 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.]

la′zi·ly adv.
la′zi·ness n.
Synonyms: lazy, indolent, slothful
These adjectives mean not disposed to exertion, work, or activity: too lazy to wash the dishes; an indolent hanger-on; slothful employees.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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Translations
بِكَسَل
líně
dovent
lustán
letilega
leno
tembel tembeltembelce

lazily

[ˈleɪzɪlɪ] ADV
1. (= without effort) → perezosamente
2. (fig) [drift, float] → perezosamente (liter), lentamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lazily

[ˈleɪzɪli] adv (= in a relaxed way) [move, stretch] → paresseusement; [smile] → avec désinvolture
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lazily

advfaul; (= languidly, unhurriedly)träge; drift, floatgemächlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lazily

[ˈleɪzɪlɪ] advpigramente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lazy

(ˈleizi) adjective
too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc. I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.
ˈlazily adverb
ˈlaziness noun
ˈlazy-bones noun
a name for a lazy person.
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References in classic literature ?
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.
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.
It was a cloudy, sultry afternoon; the seamen were lazily lounging about the decks, or vacantly gazing over into the lead-colored waters.
I evolved this sage reflection, as, lost deep down in the green alleys of the dingle, having fortified the romantic side of my nature with sandwiches and sherry, I lazily put the question to myself as to what manner of girl I expected the Golden Girl to be.
We drifted along lazily, very happy, through the magical light of the late afternoon.
"What is it?" asked Pontellier, looking lazily and amused from one to the other.
Then there are the loose-rein drivers, who let the reins lie easily on our backs, and their own hand rest lazily on their knees.
You could wander along the canal till you came to broad green fields, with windmills here and there, in which cattle, black and white, grazed lazily. I thought that among those surroundings, with their recollections of his boyhood, Dirk Stroeve would forget his unhappiness.
The engineer of a passive tugboat hung lazily to a railing and watched.
Sergey Ivanovitch liked to stretch himself on the grass in the sun, and to lie so, basking and chatting lazily.
Only a few wayfarers lifted their heads lazily as the coach rattled by, crossing the deserted square littered with empty boxes, and gliding past empty cabins or vacant shop windows, from which not only familiar faces, but even the window sashes themselves, were gone.
When on the march, he always lagged behind the rest, leaving to them the task of breaking a way through all difficulties and impediments, and leisurely and lazily jogging along the track, which they had beaten through the snow.