lackadaisically

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Since 1946 its O’Keeffe holdings has risen lackadaisically to 13 works, including five from the artist’s foundation and bequest in the mid-90s.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Such self-conscious and deliberatively irreligious people are to be distinguished from the lackadaisically unaffiliated — often called "nones" — who simply don't identify with a religion.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2021

Fatsis: The United States was chasing lackadaisically and passing listlessly.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2017

Vendors carrying wide wicker baskets piled high with cherry tomatoes stop to stare as I plod by, making my way along the narrow main road that snakes lackadaisically across several ridges.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2015

And Miss Fanny assumed a languishing air, and inclining her head upon one shoulder, raised her eyes lackadaisically toward the ceiling, in imitation of Miss Sallianna.

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten