lollingly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
lollingly (comparative more lollingly, superlative most lollingly)
- So as to loll (like the tongue)
- 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.
References[edit]
- “lollingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.