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Adverb
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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
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But Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby mustered just two shot attempts apiece, spending their time watching idly as the Knicks offense incessantly grinds into a standstill.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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The boat bobbed idly, water lapping against it.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
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For minimal pay, the démineurs face death daily, lethargically; their work is so methodical, and its payoff so distant, that no one really celebrates them.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Slothfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slothfully. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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