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lackadaisically

/lak-uh-dey-zi-kuhl/US // ˌlæk əˈdeɪ zɪ kəl //UK // (ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl) //

懒洋洋地,无精打采地,懒洋洋,懒洋洋的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
    • : lazy; indolent: a lackadaisical fellow.

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Examples

  • But everything had not gone well, and he found it very difficult to carry himself otherwise than lackadaisically.

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

  • He pursed his mouth and looked up lackadaisically at his glowering client, saying only "Ha!"

  • And I—I answered lackadaisically with just a casual glance at him, 'I don't know the figures,' and absorbed myself in my viands.

  • Several of these disbanded worthies were lounging about in the mean time, quite lackadaisically.