lollingly
English
Etymology
lolling + -ly
Adverb
lollingly (comparative more lollingly, superlative most lollingly)
- So as to loll; in a lazy, relaxed attitude.
- c. 1900 W. J. Gordon translating Jules Verne, 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.
- c. 1900 W. J. Gordon translating Jules Verne, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lollingly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)