The Only Use of
indolent
in
Into the Wild
- Emasculated by dams and diversion canals, the lower Colorado burbles indolently from reservoir to reservoir
p. 32.8indolently = lazily (slowly without energy)
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.