lollingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lolling +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

lollingly (comparative more lollingly, superlative most lollingly)

  1. So as to loll (like the tongue)
  2. In a lazy, relaxed manner.
    • c. 1900, Jules Verne, translated by W. J. Gordon, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon:
      Ibises half-lollingly posed on some old trunk, and gray herons motionless on one leg, solemn flamingoes who from a distance looked like red umbrellas scattered in the foliage, and phenicopters of every color, enlivened the temporary morass.

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