lackadaisically

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2017

In the script, there were these moments where she would be talking so lackadaisically about an extraordinarily lethal piece of equipment.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2016

Before: I was binge-watching Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix show “Master of None” and lackadaisically shopping online.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2015

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

Accordingly, I tied a kerchief round my head, covered myself with a cloak, and leaning very lackadaisically on the edge of my hammock, sent for the Fullah chief.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz