TIREDLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

tiredly

adverb

Definition of tiredly

as in wearily

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Adverb

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.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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

Definition of wearily

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The murder casually committed by that elemental giant Moose Malloy is only an episode to start the story going.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Copy Hathaway’s monochromatic look by pairing them with a matching white top, or wear them casually with a T-shirt and sneakers.

— Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of casually

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Unlike Mamdani, whom Platner has often been lazily compared to, and who wielded social media to novel and wildly fruitful ends, Platner is not as much of a digital native, and is a far less polished poster.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
This 469-mile parkway lazily meanders through the Appalachian Highlands in Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Definition of lazily

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Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
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.

— Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 24 June 2026

Definition of listlessly

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Over these images, two voices languidly recite what sounds like a roleplaying script, in which a desperate girl appeals to her grandpa for money.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 July 2026
The Guadalupe is calm now, flowing languidly as families can be seen splashing in the cool waters.

— Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of languidly

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The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
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

Definition of halfheartedly

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