lazy

Oddly, there was always some aircraft lazying about overhead by the time they were out of the gate.
The Invaders|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
And see what I've made thee while thou'st been lazying in bed—a real English ship of war.
Harding's luck|E. [Edith] Nesbit
And lazying thus in the sunshine, I cast my mind over many things, but particularly I thought of Hugh.
A Tatter of Scarlet|S. R. Crockett
So we would put in the day, lazying around, listening to the stillness.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Therefore there is plenty of room for reposeful lazying and lounging, and for exercise too, for such as like that kind of work.
Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for lazy

lazy

/ (ˈleɪzɪ) /

adjective lazier or laziest

not inclined to work or exertion

conducive to or causing indolence

moving in a languid or sluggish mannera lazy river

(of a brand letter or mark on livestock) shown as lying on its side

Derived forms of lazy

lazily, adverblaziness, noun

Word Origin for lazy

C16: origin uncertain

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