different between lazily vs loll

English

Etymology

lazy +? -ly

Adverb

lazily (comparative more lazily, superlative most lazily)

1. In a lazy manner.

   She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English lollen, lullen (“to lounge idly, hang loosely”), of uncertain origin; the Middle English Dictionary suggests a derivation from Middle Dutch lollen, lullen (“to doze; to mumble, talk nonsense”), though the words could merely be cognate. Compare modern Dutch lol (“fun”)), Icelandic lolla (“to act lazily”). See also lull.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l?l/
• Rhymes: -?l

Verb

loll (third-person singular simple present lolls, present participle lolling, simple past and past participle lolled)

1. (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
   • 1726, Aulus Persius Flaccus; John Dryden, transl., “The Second Satyr”, in The Satyrs of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden, published in The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, and Several Other Eminent Hands. To which is Prefix’d a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satyr, 5th edition, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, ?OCLC, page 251:

     And think'?t thou, Jove him?elf, with Patience then / Can hear a Pray'r condemn'd by wicked Men? / That, void of Care, he lolls ?upine in State, / And leaves his Bus'ne?s to be done by Fate?
2. (intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]
3. (transitive, intransitive) To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

Synonyms

• (to act lazily or indolently): relax, slack, slacken

Translations

References

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lolli. Cognate to Votic lollo (“fool, idiot”) and dialectal Finnish lolli (“fool; stupid, fat, lazy”).

Adjective

loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli)

1. stupid

Noun

loll (genitive lolli, partitive lolli)

1. a stupid person; a fool

Declension

Antonyms

• tark

See also

• nõme
• rumal