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[
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]
Example Sentences
Main Entry:
lazily
[
ley
-zee
]
Show IPA
/
ˈleɪ
zi
/
Show Spelled
Part of Speech:
adverb
Definition:
indolently
Synonyms:
idly
, leisurely, nonchalantly, slackly,
slowly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Example Sentences
They are not going to sit
idly
by and watch that happen.
It stopped and hovered between me and a group of surfers floating
idly
on their boards.
He set the bucket beside home plate and
idly
chopped at the air with the bat.
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They are not going to sit
idly
by and watch that happen.
It stopped and hovered between me and a group of surfers floating
idly
on their boards.
He set the bucket beside home plate and
idly
chopped at the air with the bat.
One day he notices her
idly
sketching and suggests that he come by her apartment to pose for her.
As he searched, he
idly
tossed a stone into a hole in a cliff.
Frequently he catches people in the strange trance state that freeway driving induces or glancing
idly
at the cars around them.
She is wearing a chic ensemble and tapping
idly
at a computer.
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