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spiritlessly

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Adverb
  • Due to their minimalist design, these mule sneakers are easy to pair with a nice outfit while on vacation, or wear casually with a cute matching set to go to the airport.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • At the time, an insider told People magazine that Aniston and Curtis were casually dating and having fun.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • Black Rabbit begins in media res, zooming out from a wallpaper full of rabbits — some mid-hop, others staring fearfully into the abyss with wide, dark pools for eyes.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The software’s orders were often obeyed fearfully, unquestioningly.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Shmi, who died for nothing, the cowardly Jedi refusing to free her, refusing to interfere.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Gainsbourg sits at the wheel of the car, languidly turning the wheel in a green velvet Saint Laurent jacket and a pair of shades, before climbing up onto the seats to let the breeze fly through her hair.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Dimension 20 airs its actual play in neater, more digestible two-hour episodes, as opposed to playing out languidly in real-time like Critical Role.
    Dana Reboe, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • And so, Vladimir and Estragon wearily choose to continue waiting, day in and day out.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Shirley Phinzee blinked wearily under the fluorescent lights of a Miami Wendy’s.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Victor is far closer to his mother, Claire (Mia Goth), a shyly nurturing soul, though not for long.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Percy looked up at the camera, shyly posing with his new look.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Spiritlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritlessly. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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