adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:L AE1 Z AH0 L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In a lazy manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
In a slow manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
in an idle manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: idly
Antonyms: none provided
4
adverb
Meaning 4
in a slow and lazy manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lazy Middle English -ly English -ly English lazily From lazy + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
mandrosament
— in a lazy manner
Catalan:
peresosament
— in a lazy manner
Dutch:
loom
— in a lazy manner
Finnish:
laiskasti
— in a lazy manner
French:
paresseusement
— in a lazy manner
Galician:
preguizosamente
— in a lazy manner
Georgian:
ზარმაცად
(zarmacad)
— in a lazy manner
Italian:
indolentemente
— in a lazy manner
Italian:
infingardamente
— in a lazy manner
Italian:
neghittosamente
— in a lazy manner
Italian:
oziosamente
— in a lazy manner
Italian:
pigramente
— in a lazy manner
Italian:
svogliatamente
— in a lazy manner
Latin:
segniter
— in a lazy manner
Latvian:
slinki
— in a lazy manner
Norman:
ouaîsivement
— in a lazy manner
Norman:
pièrcheusement
— in a lazy manner
Polish:
leniwie
— in a lazy manner
Polish:
leniwo
— in a lazy manner
Portuguese:
preguiçosamente
— in a lazy manner
Russian:
лени́во
(lenívo)
— in a lazy manner
Serbo-Croatian:
ле̑но
— in a lazy manner
Serbo-Croatian:
лије̑но
— in a lazy manner
Serbo-Croatian:
lȇno
— in a lazy manner
Serbo-Croatian:
lijȇno
— in a lazy manner
Spanish:
perezosamente
— in a lazy manner
Spanish:
mano sobre mano
— in a lazy manner
Spanish:
con las manos en la cinta (disused)
— in a lazy manner
Spanish:
con las manos cruzadas
— in a lazy manner