LAZILY

idly, lazily

(adverb) in an idle manner; “this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people”

lazily

(adverb) in a slow and lazy manner; “I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

lazily (comparative more lazily, superlative most lazily)

In a lazy manner.

Source: Wiktionary


La"zi*ly, adv.

Definition: In a lazy manner. Locke.

LAZY

La"zy, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] Etym: [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]

1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. Bacon.

2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight." Shak.

3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson.

Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.

Syn.

– Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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