lackadaisically
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Such self-conscious and deliberatively irreligious people are to be distinguished from the lackadaisically unaffiliated — often called "nones" — who simply don't identify with a religion.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2021
Fatsis: The United States was chasing lackadaisically and passing listlessly.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2017
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
“You’re sitting on Peggy,” pointed out Katherine lackadaisically when the laughter of her guests had died down.
From Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman by Annabel Sharp
