Lazily
['lezɪli]
Definition
(adv.) in a slow and lazy manner; 'I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air'.
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a lazy manner.
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Examples
- By the way, said Crispin lazily, after a pause, how are you going to Melnos? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We could hear the men working on the broken propellers, and from the port-hole we could see that the vessel was drifting lazily toward the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He said, Well, it was really very pleasant to see how things lazily adapted themselves to purposes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nothing fell upon the ground but a few particles of froth, which slowly detached themselves from the rim, and trickled lazily down. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The dogs looked lazily up, flinched a little when the impatient feet of the sheep touched their raw backs--sighed, and lay peacefully down again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Go obscenity yourself, the officer said to him lazily and turned away. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I hope,' said Harthouse, lazily, 'not our friend Blackpot? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I hardly know what he is like,' said Margaret, lazily; too tired to tax her powers of description much. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I'm not an _Ingl閟_, he said very lazily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Gad,' said Mr. Mivins, looking lazily out from under the bed-clothes, 'I ought to ask _you _that. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He turned over the pages lazily, leaning back in his chair and blowing great clouds from his cigar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Blow thyself up, he said lazily. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My friend rose lazily from his armchair and stood with his hands in the pockets of his dressing-gown, looking over my shoulder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Which he certainly will not do on the ocean, added Maurice lazily; your mighty poet was a land-lubber. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You very best of good old friends, said Mr. Fairlie, leaning back lazily before he could look at me, are you QUITE well? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My Uncle Rudolph, if alive, said Maurice lazily. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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