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Adverb
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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.—
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
Adverb
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Collaboration is not a word Seehorn deploys casually.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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Sorry to just casually mention that Rue died 45 minutes into the episode.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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The ball rolled lazily into shallow right field, and Kell’s Kayden Reed scored from third base.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
24 May 2026
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There’s a ceiling fan turning lazily.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 May 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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My daughter enters the kitchen and stands there listlessly.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 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
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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The Knicks came out of halftime sluggishly, falling behind by 13 points in the third quarter.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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Voters, meanwhile, continued to respond somewhat sluggishly to the race, with early ballot returns slow particularly among Democrats, The Sacramento Bee reported Monday.—
Andrew Graham
June 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
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“Tiredly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiredly. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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