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Definitions: Lazily |
LazilyAdverb1. In a slow and lazy manner; "I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air". 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lazily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonym: LazilySynonym: idly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Lazily |
| English words defined with "lazily": Slubber, Soss. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They settled lazily into the water and washed listlessly at their flanks. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Lazily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lazily" is used about 228 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 228 | 19,909 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lazily": lazily-written. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lazily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 懶洋洋 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | paresseusement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | faul (addled, bad, decayed, dubious, dud, feeble, fishy, flimsy, foul, idle, idly, indolent, laggard, lame, lazy, off, phoney, phony, putrid, rotten, rottenly, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly, sluggish, sluggishly, sorry, suspicious, uneasy), faule (slothfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | οκνηρώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ぶどう' (aimlessly, be idle, dangle heavily, idly, Japanese beech tree, loaf, loiter, soft and flabby, stroll idly, sway to and fro, swing, to dangle, to hang around, to linger, to stroll about, to swing, wine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶらぶら (aimlessly, be idle, dangle heavily, idly, loaf, loiter, stroll idly, sway to and fro, swing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azilylay leneş (bum, dull, easeful, easy going, idle, Idler, idly, lazy, lazybones, loafer, loiterer, otiose, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, torpid, truant, vacant), alene (carelessly, drowsy, idly, indolently, slacky, sleepily, sleepy, slow, slowly), încet (at a slow pace, dawdling, dead alive, deliberate, dilatory, dull, dull-headed, easy, faint, gentle, hist, lagging, lazy, leasurely, leisurely, lingering, low, slack, slow, slow but steady, slowly, sluggish, soft, still, tardy, time-taking, weak). (various references) อย่างเกียจคร้าน (idly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Lazily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: glazedly, Laskill, Lazell, lazely, lazey, lazi, laziali, lazilo, Lazzlo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lazily" (pronounced la"zulē) |
| 4 | -z u l ē | busily, crazily, easily, nasally, noisily, uneasily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-l-y-z" | |
-2 letters: ally, illy, lazy, lily, yill, zill. | |
-3 letters: ail, all, ill, lay. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, ay, la, li, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-l-y-z" | |
+2 letters: sleazily. | |
+3 letters: blazingly. | |
+4 letters: blizzardly, dazzlingly, dialyzable. | |
+5 letters: azimuthally, crystallize, enzymically, quizzically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 7A 69 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- --.. .. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01111010 01101001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a z i l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 007A 0069 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466792757891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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