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lazy
adjective /ˈleɪ.zi/Definition
A2 disapproving not willing to work or use any effort: Managers had complained that the workers were lazy and unreliable. Get out of bed, you lazy thing! He's too lazy to walk to work.Laziness and lazy peopleAvoiding action B2 approving slow and relaxed: We spent a lazy day on the beach sunbathing.Peaceful and tranquil lazily
/-zɪ.li/ adverb › Palm trees swayed lazily in the soft breeze.Laziness and lazy peopleAvoiding action laziness
/-nəs/ noun [U] B2 I could go to the gym - it's just laziness that stops me.Laziness and lazy peopleAvoiding action
(Definition of lazy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Peaceful and tranquil
Synonyms and related words:
- balm noun (COMFORT)
- coolness noun (CALM)
- incident noun
- leisurely adjective
- level adjective (EQUAL)
- low-key adjective
- peace noun (CALM)
- peaceable adjective
- peaceful adjective (NO VIOLENCE)
- quiet adjective
- quieten verb
- quietude noun
- relaxed adjective
- restful adjective
- sequestered adjective
- sleepy adjective (PLACE)
- the calm before the storm idiom
- the dust settles idiom
- tranquil adjective
- tranquillity noun
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