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slackerishly en · ADV

Etymology

From slackerish + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a slackerish (lazy, idle) manner; lazily, indolently.
   • In theory, these X-ers were well aware that their parents were probably going to be better off than they themselves would ever be and couldn't decide whether to be angry about it pre-emptively or to just slackerishly opt out of the corporate and political structures that led to it altogether. 2025 August 17, Elizabeth Spiers, “Generation X Needs to Stop Complaining”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2025:
   • What stayed longer with me was the clever undecidability of the work — the question slackerishly posed in its title — and the way it gestured towards 'the street'. 2016, Alison Young, Street Art World, London: Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 60:
   • As conformist and inarticulate as the other man vying for Lelaina's affections — her roommate Troy (Ethan Hawke), who slackerishly fronts a grunge band — is caustically rebellious, Michael can at least help her career. 1994 February 24, Bob Strauss, “'Reality Bites' shows Generation X struggling in today's job market”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 116, number 55, St. Louis, M.O.: Pulitzer, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3G, column 1:

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