Loafingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 While loafing or idling.
"Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]"
Example
More examples"Directly they were trotted off in their little pea-green and gilt carriage, guardian negress and all, I went into the shop, about which I had all this time been loafingly prowling, and called, clapping my hands, for some violet sherbet, […]"
Etymology
From loafing + -ly.
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