as in casually
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Cybersecurity buyers rarely engage casually.
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In one stunning shot, a dragon surges into battle, casually dragging a toe across the water.
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During warmups, while the French players lazily passed the ball between one another or popped it off the ground to gently juggle with their feet, the Norwegians, their red shirts bright against the grass, formed a tight circle and did vigorous plyometrics.
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The word authenticity, deployed lazily at a marketing conference?
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Every Sunday, Jesse Minter strode wearily onto a red-eye flight at Los Angeles International Airport for a trip back to Baltimore, where the work week awaited.
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If the power comes flickering on for a few precious hours in the middle of the night, that’s when Cubans now rise to wearily cook and iron clothes.
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Verstappen qualified second but stalled at the start, falling to last place as his car moved sluggishly.
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The Knicks came out of halftime sluggishly, falling behind by 13 points in the third quarter.
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The Guadalupe is calm now, flowing languidly as families can be seen splashing in the cool waters.
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.
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At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.
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There’s no way to stop parents from allowing their children to stare listlessly at a screen, but state lawmakers, school board members, administrators and teachers can impact what goes on during the school day.
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The Mets offense once again started listlessly, looking late for a game that started three hours earlier than scheduled because of incoming inclement weather.
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“Shiftlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiftlessly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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