as in casually
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Recent Examples of lazily
The rooms Each room here channels a new type of contemporary African design—there are no throwaway uses of Ankara cloth to lazily signal to the continent.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.
—Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
The account regularly shares videos of the siblings doing everything together, from snoozing lazily or causing the typical golden retriever mischief.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Only a handful of rafts floated lazily in the water.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Led by Succession standout Sarah Snook (also an executive producer) and The White Lotus’ perfectly punchable Jake Lacy, in roles that lazily lift elements from those performances, the formidable cast is squandered.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Only a handful of rafts floated lazily in the water.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.
—Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
The account regularly shares videos of the siblings doing everything together, from snoozing lazily or causing the typical golden retriever mischief.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Only a handful of rafts floated lazily in the water.
—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Led by Succession standout Sarah Snook (also an executive producer) and The White Lotus’ perfectly punchable Jake Lacy, in roles that lazily lift elements from those performances, the formidable cast is squandered.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Only a handful of rafts floated lazily in the water.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Several rivulets flowed lazily through the debris.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lazily
Adverb
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Words like impatient get thrown around far too casually, especially with younger employees.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Also, don’t assume that casually telling a rental agent about a problem is enough.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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
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Her game is languidly devastating.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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If the power comes flickering on for a few precious hours in the middle of the night, that’s when Cubans now rise to wearily cook and iron clothes.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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One wearily pushes hers in a creaky pram.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Lincoln-Way East started sluggishly, to say the least, and trailed 7-4 after one quarter before Brown entered the game and scored seven points in the second quarter.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cold weather slows the chemical reactions in these batteries, with the lithium ions moving more sluggishly through the electrolyte liquid.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Lazily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lazily. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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