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Lackadaisical   /lˌækədˈeɪzɪkəl/   Listen
Lackadaisical

adjective
1.
Lacking spirit or liveliness.  Synonyms: dreamy, languid, languorous.  "A languid mood" , "A languid wave of the hand" , "A hot languorous afternoon"
2.
Idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way.  "A...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"





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"Lackadaisical" Quotes from Famous Books



... was a noble who was working his way up through the ranks, and when I found him he was checking off forage at a barn where some of our men were working. He looked me hard in the eyes, and said in a drawling lackadaisical voice: ...
— On Something • H. Belloc


Words linked to "Lackadaisical" :   unenrgetic, lethargic, languid, idle


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