lazy
suomi-englanti sanakirjalazy englannista suomeksi
laiska, joutilas, rauhallinen
Verbi
Substantiivi
lazy englanniksi
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
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1610, (w), ''Pope Joane'', in (w), editor, ''The Harleian Miscellany|The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index'', volume IV, London: Printed for Osborne (publisher)|Thomas Osborne, in Gray's Inn|Gray's-Inn, 1744, (w) 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, ''The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes'', volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, (w) 30776079, page 95:
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot ''away with'' worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
(quote-book)
''lazy writing''
Sluggish; slow-moving.
Lax:
Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
(cot)
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Employing evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
{{quote-text|en|year=1641|author=Ben Jonson|title=The Sad Shepherd
To laze, act in a lazy manner.
{{quote-book|en|year=1842|author=George Cruikshank|title=Omnibus|location=London|publisher=Tilt & Bogue|page=79|url=https://archive.org/details/georgecruikshan00blangoog
(RQ:Twain Huckleberry Finn)
{{quote-book|en|year=1908|author=O. Henry|chapter=The Memento|title=The Voice of the City|location=New York|publisher=McClure|page=239|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924014400083
A lazy person.
{{quote-book|en|year=1874|author=David Livingstone|title=The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death|location=London|publisher=John Murray|volume=I|chapter=7|page=159|url=https://archive.org/details/lastjournalsdav00livigoog
1898, Jason E. Hammond, “Work and Reward” in ''Suggestive Programs for Special Day Exercises'', Lansing, Michigan: Department of Public Instruction for District Schools, p. ,https://archive.org/details/suggestiveprogra00mich
- The dudes and noodles, cads and snobs, had better move away,
- This busy land can’t spare the room for lazies, such as they,
- To foreign climate let them go and there forever stay.
- Ours is a land for busy workers.
{{quote-journal|en|author=Marta Bausells; Eleni Stefanou|title=Meet the Greek writers revolutionising poetry in the age of austerity|journal=The Guardian|date=11 May 2016|titleurl=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/11/meet-the-greek-writers-revolutionising-poetry-austerity
Sloth (''animal'').
{{quote-book|en|year=1716|author=Thomas Browne|title=Christian Morals|edition=2nd|editor=Samuel Johnson|location=London|publisher=J. Payne|year_published=1756|pages=49–50|url=https://archive.org/details/christianmorals01browgoog