lazily

1. 1.

   in a slow and lazy manner

   “I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air”
2. 2.

   in an idle manner

   “this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people”

   Synonymsidly

Questions about lazily

What does lazily mean?

lazily means "in a slow and lazy manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lazily?

lazily has 3 syllables: laz-i-ly. The stress falls on "laz". In IPA it is /ˈlæzəli/.

What is another word for lazily?

Close synonyms include idly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.