Both Uses of
indolent
in
Les Miserables
- They are as heedless and as indolent as cats.
Chpt 1.3 *indolent = lazy
- The old man's revery lasted for some time, then, looking steadily at Montparnasse, he addressed to him in a gentle voice, in the midst of the darkness where they stood, a solemn harangue, of which Gavroche did not lose a single syllable:— "My child, you are entering, through indolence, on one of the most laborious of lives.†
Chpt 4.4
Definition:
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(indolent as in: she is naturally indolent) lazy; disinclined to work