lackadaisically

Example Sentences

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Fatsis: The United States was chasing lackadaisically and passing listlessly.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2017

In the script, there were these moments where she would be talking so lackadaisically about an extraordinarily lethal piece of equipment.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2016

Before: I was binge-watching Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix show “Master of None” and lackadaisically shopping online.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2015

Vendors carrying wide wicker baskets piled high with cherry tomatoes stop to stare as I plod by, making my way along the narrow main road that snakes lackadaisically across several ridges.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2015

He sighed often, and sometimes mightily; and ogled unhappily, and smiled lackadaisically.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan