He lives indolently with his relatives. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an indolent person. ,an indolent ulcer that is not painful and is slow to heal. From Dictionary.com.
Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
He turned his head indolently, and looked into the mills. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861] Reference
‘Tell me to stop if you want to,’ he said indolently. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
Moorish crowd, were to be seen indolently plying their trade. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
In the very act of opening his eyes indolently, he nodded again. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
Anna's white tablecloth fluttered indolently in the stirring air. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
The answer comes quietly, almost indolently, though she knows that. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886] Reference
The secretary falls back indolently in his chair, and takes a book. From Wordnik.com. [Pictures from Italy] Reference
The great trees abandoned us, and stayed indolently down in shelter. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
‘Yes,’ replied Gaston, indolently, swinging his stick to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Midas] Reference
Mr. Porterhouse crossed the room indolently and looked down at the duke. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
Shakespearian actors, who blindly and indolently accept theatrical tradition. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
Not far from 43b they caught sight of Serre, walking along rather indolently. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Burglar's Wife]
Let not the rising sun behold you sleeping or indolently lying upon your beds. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West] Reference
The Double M agent smiled indolently but his voice, too, had a cold, hard sound. From Wordnik.com. [the ship who sang]
Rainsford, reclining in a steamer chair, indolently puffed on his favorite brier. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Dangerous Game] Reference
Prayer is never meant to be indolently easy, however simple and reliant it may be. From Wordnik.com. [The Kneeling Christian] Reference
"Miss Wynter is in my care at present," says Sir Hastings, coming indolently forward. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Rebel A Novel] Reference
Nathaniel found the handle of his quizzing glass and raised it indolently to his eye. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
The child murmured in her sleep, and feeling the change of position, turned indolently. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Had it been summer they would have gone out together and indolently sipped two long Tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Beautiful and Damned] Reference
Her new beau then, carelessly seating himself by her side, indolently said: 'What a heat!. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
After this he would creep indolently back to his comfortable lair and have a good, long sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories] Reference
And he used his, waving it indolently before his face as his eyes did shameful things to her body. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
She seemed to move in slow motion, indolently working her jaws, the child now screaming at the top of his lungs. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
Spain sank rapidly into the lowest condition, whilst the government indolently lived on the produce of the mines. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
Rupert Everett, swaggering indolently about the place as supercilious Charles, is an ideal Coward actor, however. From Wordnik.com. [Forever Fonda: Jane Looks Perky as Dying Patient in 33 Variations] Reference
Stretched out on her lounge chair, her limbs splayed indolently, she resembled her haughty cat, the British colonel. From Wordnik.com. [The Legend of the Slain Soldiers]
These excessive eulogies are the more remarkable in that Tibullus stood, proudly or indolently, aloof from the court. From Wordnik.com. [The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse] Reference
Lieutenant Wingate waited until the lumberjacks were almost upon him, waited lounging indolently, his face wearing a grin. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
They executed every measure slowly, indolently, negligently, and with stubbornness: neither shame nor fear restrained them. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
None of us have a right to make up our minds without inquiry, or to rest in opinions adopted indolently and without thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
The constable looked as wise as he could, and took up his staff of office: which had been recling indolently in the chimney – corner. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
She closed her eyes indolently, and presently, lulled by the drowsy rhythm of the waves breaking at the foot of the cliff, she fell asleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
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