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slothfully

/ˈsɫoʊθfəlli/ adv

In a slothful manner; lazily.

Word Origin From Old English slāw 'slow, lazy' — sloth is the noun form (the animal named for its slowness). Slothful means 'full of sloth', and slothfully is the adverb. The root is PIE *sley- 'to be sluggish', which also gives us slow, slowly, and slowpoke. So slothfully describes doing something with the energy of a sloth.

adv In a slothful manner; lazily.

The cat stretched slothfully in the afternoon sun.

(副词) 懒散地；懒洋洋地；怠惰地

猫在午后的阳光下懒洋洋地伸着懒腰。

(adverbio) perezosamente; con pereza; holgazanamente; flojamente [De manera perezosa; con pereza.]

El gato se estiró perezosamente bajo el sol de la tarde.

(adverbe) paresseusement; avec indolence; mollement; nonchalamment [D'une manière paresseuse; avec indolence et mollesse.]

Le chat s'étira slothfully au soleil de l'après-midi.

(Adverb) faul; träg; lässig; müßig [Auf eine träge oder faule Weise; ohne Energie oder Eifer.]

Die Katze streckte sich **slothfully** in der Nachmittagssonne.

(副詞) 怠惰に、ものぐさに

猫は午後の陽だまりで怠惰に伸びをした。

(advérbio) preguiçosamente; indolentemente; molemente [De maneira preguiçosa; indolentemente.]

O gato se espreguiçou preguiçosamente sob o sol da tarde.

Synonyms: lazily sluggishly idly indolently languidly listlessly shiftlessly inertly Antonyms: diligently industriously actively energetically
Word parts: sloth + ful + ly

Related words

sloth slowly slowness

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