Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lackadaisical
IPA transcription: [l,ækəd'eɪzɪkəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lackadaisical
    Meaning: idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse
  • Synonyms: dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorous
    Meaning: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
Usage examples
  • He had decked himself in wreaths and ribbons from all the old pastoral poets, and, hanging his head on one side, went about with a fantastical, lackadaisical air, "babbling about green field." But the personage that most struck my attention was a pragmatical old gentleman in clerical robes, with a remarkably large and square but bald head.