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Recent Examples of lazily
During warmups, while the French players lazily passed the ball between one another or popped it off the ground to gently juggle with their feet, the Norwegians, their red shirts bright against the grass, formed a tight circle and did vigorous plyometrics.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
The word authenticity, deployed lazily at a marketing conference?
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Sam Birchall,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
With the pleasant spring afternoon drawing toward evening, the Sun lazily crossed the sky, casting light all around.
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Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Ducks got up in front of us, and an eagle soared lazily overhead.
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Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
But everything changed when a Trinidadian player stepped lazily out to meet him.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
The ball rolled lazily into shallow right field, and Kell’s Kayden Reed scored from third base.
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Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
24 May 2026
There’s a ceiling fan turning lazily.
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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.
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Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 June 2026
The word authenticity, deployed lazily at a marketing conference?
—
Sam Birchall,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
With the pleasant spring afternoon drawing toward evening, the Sun lazily crossed the sky, casting light all around.
—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Ducks got up in front of us, and an eagle soared lazily overhead.
—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
But everything changed when a Trinidadian player stepped lazily out to meet him.
—
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
The ball rolled lazily into shallow right field, and Kell’s Kayden Reed scored from third base.
—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
24 May 2026
There’s a ceiling fan turning lazily.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lazily
Adverb
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Cybersecurity buyers rarely engage casually.
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In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
Adverb
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The Guadalupe is calm now, flowing languidly as families can be seen splashing in the cool waters.
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.
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Every Sunday, Jesse Minter strode wearily onto a red-eye flight at Los Angeles International Airport for a trip back to Baltimore, where the work week awaited.
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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.
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There’s no way to stop parents from allowing their children to stare listlessly at a screen, but state lawmakers, school board members, administrators and teachers can impact what goes on during the school day.
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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.
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Verstappen qualified second but stalled at the start, falling to last place as his car moved sluggishly.
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The Knicks came out of halftime sluggishly, falling behind by 13 points in the third quarter.
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At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.
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“Lazily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lazily. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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