Definition of lackadaisical Lackadaisical

/læˌkʌdejˈzɪkʌl/ - [lakudeyzikul] - lack•a•dai•si•cal

We found 5 definitions of lackadaisical from 4 different sources.

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What does lackadaisical mean?

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Adjective

lackadaisical - idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse
lackadaisical - lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
  dreamy, languid, languorous
  lethargic, unenrgetic deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • lackadaisical (a.)
    Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • lackadaisical
    lak-a-dā′zi-kal, adj. affectedly pensive, sentimental.—interj. Lack′adaisy=Lack-a-day. [Alack-a-day. See Alack.]

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