Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a lackadaisical manner.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a lackadaisical manner; without enthusiasm or interest; perfunctorily.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in an idle and lackadaisical manner
Examples
“I don't think their defensemen knew where it was, so I was going kind of lackadaisically," Lindros said.”
“Nichol was calling for it and I kind of lackadaisically tried to throw it behind the net, and their guy jumped on it.”
“Hélas, they are in love with sleep, lured lackadaisically lower, to the depths of dreamland, where the scent of lavender from the hills outside the window makes for a sweetProvençalpillow.”
“A pheasant tail feather," responds Scott, lackadaisically.”
The Huffington Post: Theo Spielberg: On The Road With Free Energy And The Postelles: Portland
“Brushes splattered with paint lounged lackadaisically from cups in a tray on an ironing board.”
“But the rules have been lackadaisically enforced, and no country has ever been fined.”
“He saves one when Murray lackadaisically pushes the ball into the net and wins the game with another.”
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“It takes a certain kind of person to want to lie naked for four hours as the fabulous people around her eat a tower of frisee, endive, quinoa, tomato concasse and dates with a roasted shallot vinaigrette and lackadaisically discuss how they posed nude in their youth.”
The Wall Street Journal: Anatomy of an L.A. Museum's Fall Affair
“Our maternal grandfather, William Arthur Borthwick, the fourth son and namesake of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. William Borthwick of Sale, East Gippsland, balancing lackadaisically on a roof whilst holidaying with the rest of his family in Norfolk, c.”
“McDaniels suspended Marshall during the preseason last year after Marshall reportedly performed lackadaisically during one practice and punted the ball away after a drill.”
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please pass the ly
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Please do not include words with double ll, for instance: ally, bully, belly; or words that can also be adjectives, for instance: elderly, melancholy.contumely, family, supply, reply, anomaly, assembly, doily, fly, homily, lily, monopoly, panoply and 20 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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Adverbia
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Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
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tom swifties
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sionnach "I have no recollection of the last twenty-four hours," said Tom lackadaisically. Dec 14, 2007
seanahan This is a classic, provided you've read one of the greatest books ever written. Dec 14, 2007
sionnach "Miss Buchanan appears to be missing", said Tom lackadaisically. Dec 12, 2007