All 4 Uses of
indolent
in
Gone with the Wind
- But there was a brisk and restless vitality about the young Irishman, fresh from a country where winds blew wet and chill, where misty swamps held no fevers, that set him apart from these indolent gentlefolk of semi-tropical weather and malarial marshes.†
Chpt 1.3
- Where he had once been lounging and indolent, he was now as alert as a prowling cat,
Chpt 2.15 *indolent = lazy
- For Ashley, spring was back again, that halfforgotten balmy spring of green rustlings and murmurings, a spring of ease and indolence, careless days when the desires of youth were warm in his body.†
Chpt 4.31
- "Your hands are certainly no business of mine," said Rhett coolly and lounged back in his chair indolently, his face a smooth blank.†
Chpt 4.34
Definition:
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(indolent as in: she is naturally indolent) lazy; disinclined to work