indolentlyadv.
/ˈɪndələntli/, /ˈɪndəln̩tli/, /ˈɪndl̩(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈɪndələntli/ In an indolent or lazy manner.
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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
1707 E. Smith Phædra & Hippolitus Prol. When lull'd by Sound, and undisturb'd by Wit, Calm and Serene you indolently sit.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 48 I perceived a little shrivelled creature indolently reclined on a sofa.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems iv. 25 Indolently now She rusts, a life in autumn.
1885 Leeds Mercury 31 Jan. 6/5 If..we indolently decide to do nothing at all, we shall soon see the result.
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adv.1707- to give the word
- to give the works
- to give the worst
- to give the worst of it
- to give the worst on it
- to give the wrong to
- to give their cards
- to give thing) the fingers
- to give third point
- to give time
- to give to a person on a plate
- to give to believe, know, note, understand
- to give to drink
- to give to eat
- to give to keep
- to give to lot
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- to give to marriage
- to give to on a plate
- to give to one's fere
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- to give to rede
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- to give to suck
- to give to the public