slothfully

adverb

Definition of slothfullynext
as in lazily

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  1. lazily
  2. idly
  3. lethargically
  4. halfheartedly
Adverb
  • The stranger approached the store owner, a stout man waving a rattan fan lazily at his face while sitting at the till.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Demis Hassabis has made the same point more bluntly, cautioning that using AI lazily can actually make people worse at critical thinking.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of lazily
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  • Calvo, meanwhile, sits at a desk in his hotel room, gazing into the camera lens placidly while idly sketching on a sheet of paper.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Now is the time for advocacy, and no one can afford to sit idly by.
    — Taryn Palumbo, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of idly
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  • Auger-Aliassime was moving lethargically, not showing a lot of energy, dumping water on his head during changeovers to cool down.
    — Lukas Weese, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Cells divide lethargically, which slows the closing of cuts and healing of bruises.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Definition of lethargically
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  • When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of halfheartedly
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“Slothfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slothfully. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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