lounge
verb (used without object)
to pass time idly and indolently.
loungy
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a word derived from
lounge.
Example Sentences
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There’s a particular niche of sophisticated, loungy music that thrived from the late ’90s into the mid-2000s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
“Call Me If You Get Lost” dominated the set list, but Tyler made plenty of time for highlights from his six-album discography, bounding between orchestral boom bap, sun-kissed soul trains and loungy tropicalia.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
Mr. Paseltiner said he’d never heard of Lindisfarne and that an early iteration of the Darlingside composition was a loungy pop tune.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2018
On less boisterous evenings, expect loungy music from Billie Holiday and other crooners.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
Originally released in 1979, “Tian Mi Mi” was one of Teng’s greatest hits, a loungy ballad about someone with a sweet and disarmingly familiar smile.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015
