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Adverb
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The beats lazily play into aughts pastiche, ignoring the 15 years of mutation that have morphed trap into plugg, rage, drill, and SahBabii.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Equipped with Daimon’s visuotactile sensor, the gripper delicately senses contact and precisely controls force to pick up a fragile eggshell.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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The white blooms are delicately honey scented.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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My daughter enters the kitchen and stands there listlessly.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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She is shown floating listlessly through space until her superpowers finally kick in.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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In the new film, Jackson is played by his nephew Jaafar, with a faintly familiar smile and highly familiar dance moves.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The fans faintly begin chanting his name, then their voices disappear into a hush.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The archival, iconic footage of Jordan scoring 38 points while dealing with illness in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals was intended to inspire willpower in a Bruins team that had run shakily out of the starting gate in its last two tournament games.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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When Stanton shakily read her Declaration, the crowd seemed wary of the voting-rights point.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlessly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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