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

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Langner's way is to present an aggressive, speech-making female with an indolently attractive husband.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same problems are indolently offered and solved in a way that people find agreeable on summer nights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Occasionally a girl will indolently stretch out her leg, or touch her hair with a slow, formalized gesture.

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