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- We rode slowly, with a pleasant sense of Sunday indolence.
Book 1 *indolence = laziness
- Lena moved without exertion, rather indolently, and her hand often accented the rhythm softly on her partner's shoulder.†
Book 2indolently = lazily
- After my swim, while I was playing about indolently in the water, I heard the sound of hoofs and wheels on the bridge.†
Book 2
- My window was open, and the earthy wind blowing through made me indolent.†
Book 3indolent = lazy
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) 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.