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Adverb
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There’s a ceiling fan turning lazily.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 May 2026 -
The beats lazily play into aughts pastiche, ignoring the 15 years of mutation that have morphed trap into plugg, rage, drill, and SahBabii.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Jimmy Dean’s precooked links delivered a delicately smoky, savory flavor with a hint of earthy white pepper.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2026
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Beneath her skinny brows, a silver highlighter delicately lined them.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 May 2026
Adverb
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The Mets offense once again started listlessly, looking late for a game that started three hours earlier than scheduled because of incoming inclement weather.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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My daughter enters the kitchen and stands there listlessly.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Above the striping comes mesh in the same color, beneath which pink eye stay loops can be faintly made out before coming to the surface.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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The air smelled faintly of lunch and feet.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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The archival, iconic footage of Jordan scoring 38 points while dealing with illness in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals was intended to inspire willpower in a Bruins team that had run shakily out of the starting gate in its last two tournament games.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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When Stanton shakily read her Declaration, the crowd seemed wary of the voting-rights point.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlessly. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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