All 7 Uses of
indolent
in
War and Peace
- In the expression of his face, in his movements, in his walk, scarcely a trace was left of his former affected languor and indolence.†
Chpt 2indolence = laziness
- Telyanin was sitting in the same indolent pose in which Rostov had left him, rubbing his small white hands.†
Chpt 2indolent = lazy
- He was one of those, who, liking work, knew how to do it, and despite his indolence would sometimes spend a whole night at his writing table.†
Chpt 2indolence = laziness
- Among the gentlemen of the suite, Rostov noticed Bolkonski, sitting his horse indolently and carelessly.†
Chpt 3indolently = lazily
- the view of life you mention, and which you think is the result of your own mental efforts, is the one held by the majority of people, and is the invariable fruit of pride, indolence, and ignorance.
Chpt 5 *indolence = laziness
- Glancing indolently and indifferently at all the prisoners, he ordered the officer in charge to have them decently dressed and tidied up before taking them to the marshal.†
Chpt 12indolently = lazily
- He rode silently on his small gray horse, indolently answering suggestions that they should attack.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(indolent as in: she is naturally indolent) lazy; disinclined to work
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Indolent is also used in medicine to describe conditions (e.g., some tumors) that are slow to develop or heal and are painless. Very rarely it may refer to something that is slow and unenergetic without any connotation of laziness--such as small lapping waves.