loafingly en · ADV
Etymology
From loafing + -ly.
Meanings
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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, […]
1860, Walter Thornbury, Turkish Life and Character, volume 1, page 137:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most loafingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more loafingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |