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as in casually
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as in pusillanimously
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritlessly
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Wear them casually with tennis shoes and a tank top, or dress them up with heeled sandals and a pretty cardigan.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026 -
Shortstop Miguel Rojas fully laid out to his left in the second inning to field a sharp grounder off Bo Bichette’s bat, and then casually threw to first to complete the diving play.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Drone footage shared by the venue shows the mission’s Orion spacecraft lazily circling the picture-perfect Moon.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
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In the San Fernando Valley, neighbors reported fearfully of neighbors storing as much as a hundred gallons in their garages, 10 times the legal limit.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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That must be fearfully difficult in warfare, and even more formidable in the theater.—
From staff reports,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
26 Feb. 2026
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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
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Zendaya and Pattinson’s performances aren’t cowardly like the film that houses them, but the pleasure of their capable performances sadly fizzles because there is no emotional center to the narrative.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
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State athletic director Boo Corrigan, a cowardly touch.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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He was beaten from distance for the first goal, moving sluggishly as a shot dropped into his far corner.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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
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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
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“Spiritlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritlessly. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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