slothful
adjective
sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
slothfully
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a word derived from
slothful.
Example Sentences
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We’re told to push them out to fend for themselves financially or risk raising irresponsible adults — slothfully living in their childhood bedroom or the basement — incapable of managing their money.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
The only sneaky good moments in the episode have almost nothing to do with the rap dramedy slothfully unfolding at its center.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2017
Nick Offerman, the comic he-man of Parks and Recreation, stars as Ignatius J Reilly, a gluttonous and concupiscent layabout, slothfully adrift in New Orleans.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2015
Future Tense’s Jacob Brogan argues that sci-fi is built on those who slothfully defy the chains that bind them.
From Slate ● May 29, 2015
"If a man would hasten towards the good, he should keep his thought away from evil; if a man does what is good slothfully, his mind delights in evil."
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
