US /ˈleɪzɪli/ UK /ˈleɪzɪli/
adv Freq #79533

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a slow, relaxed way, without much effort

    The cat stretched lazily in the sun.

  2. 2
    adv

    in an idle or careless way

    He lazily clicked through the assignment without checking the details.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a slow, relaxed way,... idlyslowlycasually
2 adv · in an idle or careless way carelesslysluggishly

Etymology

From lazy + -ly.

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