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indolently

  • a word derived from indolent.
    indolent
    adjective
    having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful.

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Between rounds, Clay sprawled indolently on his stool.

From Time Magazine Archive

It merely remains there, indolently comfortable, insouciantly secure and abominably smug.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rolled on his back, then indolently onto his stomach.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each lies on the sand, one knee indolently flexed, on a blanket whose color has been drained by the sun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir through some of the hottest, starkest country on the continent.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer