Slackly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a slack manner.

    "He shook my hand slackly. It was like shaking a dead fish."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a relaxed manner; not rigid wordnet

Synonyms

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looselyslack

Example

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"He shook my hand slackly. It was like shaking a dead fish."

Etymology

From slack + -ly.

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