| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | la·zy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l  z |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: la·zi·er, la·zi·est
1. Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness. 2. Slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy river. 3. Conducive to idleness or indolence: a lazy summer day. 4. Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably of Low German origin. | | OTHER FORMS: | lazi·ly —ADVERB
lazi·ness —NOUN
| | SYNONYMS: | lazy, fainéant, idle, indolent, slothful These adjectives mean not disposed to exertion, work, or activity: too lazy to wash the dishes; fainéant aristocrats; an idle drifter; an indolent hanger-on; slothful employees.
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