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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lak-uh-dey-zi-kuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌlæk əˈdeɪ zɪ kəl |
Definition of lackadaisical
Origin :- 1768 (Sterne), from interjection lackadaisy "alas, alack" (1748), an alteration of lack-a-day (1690s), from alack the day (1590s). Hence, "given to crying 'lack-a-day,' vapidly sentimental." Sense probably altered by influence of lax. Related: Lackadaisically.
- adj careless, indifferent
- The last words of his speech he whined out in a lackadaisical tone.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Our interest in the thing is all lackadaisical, a kind of bun-fight of pet notions.
- Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
- The woman short, slight, and lackadaisical, though rather pretty.
- Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Marriage is a lackadaisical proceeding at best; but there is no resource.
- Extract from : « Paul Clifford, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Don't indulge in tête-à-têtes, or in lackadaisical glances of the eye.
- Extract from : « What a Young Woman Ought to Know » by Mary Wood-Allen
- And it was the pokiest, most rubbishy, lackadaisical village I ever saw.
- Extract from : « The Mission of Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
- Most lackadaisical of all was the older boy who had Sicilia.
- Extract from : « Vistas in Sicily » by Arthur Stanley Riggs
- Charity is never weak, sentimental, lackadaisical, or cowardly.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. » by E. Rameur
- Mrs Bowater surveyed the group with a lackadaisical detachment.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
- Something's got hold of you lately; you're not quite so lackadaisical as you used to be.
- Extract from : « The Turmoil » by Booth Tarkington
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