lazilyadv.
/ˈleɪzᵻli/, U.S. /ˈleɪzᵻli/ In a lazy manner; without energy or spirit, sluggishly.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adverb]
slewfully1340
untyȝtelc1400
slothlya1425
nicely1440
idly1487
sleuthfully1488
slothfully?1529
luskishly1530
litherly1550
lazily1587
indolently1707
loungingly1799
truantly1822
loafingly1860
lotophagously1882
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiii. 624 He that feyghteth lasily shalbe damned in hell.
1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 147 You run too lazily, the door is shut.
1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health ii. 57 Thro' tedious channels the congealing flood Crawls lazily, and hardly wanders on.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 173 In a certain lazily arrogant air.
1887 Spectator 26 Mar. 415/2 The clouds that float lazily over the enchanted valley.
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