lackadaisically
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Fatsis: The United States was chasing lackadaisically and passing listlessly.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2017
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
George, who works lackadaisically at a nonprofit foundation of his mother’s choosing, expends most of his energy arranging for a performance of “The Burning Papers,” a crazed-sounding opera he’s written about the decline of civilization.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2015
No," said he somewhat lackadaisically; "I suppose that would be the best, but Charlotte thinks another plan might be joined with it.
From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
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