lazily
12
1.2
- adverb
- /ˈleɪzɪli/
:
perezosamente
- On a warm Sunday morning, I lay lazily on the hammock, enjoying the gentle breeze.
- floated lazily
- drifted lazily
- circled lazily
I just cut my nails like all the way down because they were a bit damaged from the way I lazily took off my Poly gel nails.
- I just cut my nails like all the way down because they were a bit damaged from the way I lazily took off my Poly gel nails.
- And two, I roll off lazily off my bed and do push ups.
- I did it very lazily, like I was explain I had to.
- But I mean, I think we we had always assumed lazily, I suspect that, you know, we were looking at the impact upon employees in Scotland.
Examples
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Rising from the chair, she stretched, and her tired muscles pulled lazily against the seams of her shirt.
Fiction book (1992) -
Red plays catch with Heywood and Jigger, lazily tossing a baseball around.
Fiction book (1994) -
And two, I roll off lazily off my bed and do push ups.
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- No, just dreaming lazily about life.
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The shark looked huge, its gray-green length moving lazily along just beneath the surface.
Academic text (1997) -
Behind us, only twenty yards from us, cows are grazing lazily in the field.
Fiction book (1993) -
A breeze had risen from the west, and the fog no longer eddied lazily through the night.
Fiction book (1992) -
The blades of a large fan flapped lazily behind the desk, providing a welcome stirring of air.
Fiction book (1992) -
Bain, on the other hand, lazily combed her short, fiery hair with her fingers.
Fiction book (1992) -
An old-fashioned lawn sprinkler lazily waves water back and forth over the freshly cut grass.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
37
3.7
To act in a lazy way without a clear purpose
30
3.4
In a relaxed way without hurrying
3
7.0
In a slow, relaxed way with little energy
3
5.7
In a way that shows little energy or interest
3
3.6
Slowly and with little energy
2
7.8
To speak or move slowly and heavily in an awkward, boring way
1
5.4
In a way that shows no energy or interest
1
8.5
Move or act in a slow, relaxed way with little energy
1
6.7
Slowly and without energy
1
7.6
In a lazy way that avoids work or effort
1
9.5
In a lazy, careless way with little interest
In a slow, tired way showing little energy
Move or act slowly with little energy
In a way that shows no energy or interest
In a way that shows little activity or movement
In a slow, heavy way that shows little energy or interest
Antonyms
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lazily comes from lazy, which comes from the verb laze meaning 'to be idle' or 'lounge'. So to act lazily is to move slowly and without much energy, like someone relaxing on a sofa.