indolently

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Indolently he picked up a .22 rifle, and rang the bell of her most difficult bull's-eye target eight shots out of ten.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

Indolently stretched upon a cushion at her feet he chatted with her.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

Indolently reclining, half drowsy in the heat, he could see deep into the wood, along on the level ground between the stems, for the fallen “needles” checked vegetation.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

Indolently reclining on a bolster, and leisurely smoking his �lbollah with a long winding nal or pipe, half dizzy from the effects of last night's revelry, he feels loath to speak much.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder

Indolently he turned his eyes, whose fire was extinguished, and which no longer reflected the light of the sun, and at length they fell upon two horsemen, slowly climbing the opposite side of the declivity.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various