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 Sharp, Annabel