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Meanings of lackadaisical in English

Lacking spirit or liveliness.

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                Examples for "dreamy"
                Examples for "dreamy"
                1
                Some were smoking; some chatting merrily together; some sitting in dreamy languor.
                The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
                2
                His voice was slurred, the words coming out in a dreamy monotone.
                Flesh Eaters
                3
                He paused in his dreamy utterance, and turned in his chair listening.
                The Master-Christian
                4
                Poor old Ted; he is the most dreamy chap that ever was.
                Saint's Progress
                5
                The sky was dreamy; a delicate blue seen through a golden gauze.
                Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
                1
                I hid my surprise at his question behind a long, languid stretch.
                Fortune's Pawn
                2
                All over Ireland hotels are refurbishing and renovating after 10 languid years.
                The Irish Times
                3
                All that was back in the decrepit and languid and hopesick nineties.
                The Canadian Commonwealth
                4
                A languid South African team were lucky to get nil that day.
                The South African
                5
                A languid moment passed, then she laughed, her body shaking with it.
                The Wise Man’s Fear
                1
                The languorous dream is broken; there is an air of new expectancy.
                Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
                2
                The hot tub, followed by the wine, had left her feeling languorous.
                The lake
                3
                Somebody played the languorous waltzes of the Tzigane orchestras on the piano.
                Cæsar or Nothing
                4
                There reached them the murmur of voices, the languorous lap of water.
                V. V.'s Eyes
                5
                All the feline joy of her languorous ease seemed to have departed.
                The Pawns Count
                Usage of lackadaisical in English
                1
                Marriage is a lackadaisical proceeding at best; but there is no resource.
                Paul Clifford — Volume 04
                2
                The lackadaisical gentleman with the moustache turned out to be her husband.
                Green Fancy
                3
                And he began to sing, in a lackadaisical manner, through his nose:
                Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
                4
                I tell you fairly that I cannot sympathize with a lackadaisical lover.
                The Small House at Allington
                5
                Louise's lackadaisical manner was partially feigned; she'd counted on Corelli's being busy tonight.
                Creepers
                6
                All the children have been especially disappointed in Richard's lackadaisical behavior.
                The Complete Rama Omnibus
                7
                The last words of his speech he whined out in a lackadaisical tone.
                Weighed and Wanting
                8
                Then there is the state's lackadaisical approach to guarding its assets.
                Reuters
                9
                Rehearsals are just beginning, and the director is, as usual, lackadaisical.
                The Irish Times
                10
                The lackadaisical young man consulted the register with a disparaging eye.
                New Faces
                11
                The Trump administration has been dishearteningly lackadaisical in aiding the island.
                Ebony
                12
                But this car is as lackadaisical as the Roadster is rapid.
                Wired
                13
                I never knew anything so lackadaisical as you gentlemen from London.
                The Small House at Allington
                14
                Why, my good friend, you are worth a wilderness of such lackadaisical fellows.
                An Original Belle
                15
                He remembered his laugh and his seemingly lackadaisical approach to life.
                Book Two: Descent
                16
                They have only scored because we were being stupid and lackadaisical.
                The Guardian
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