slackly
adverb
uk/ˈslæk.li/us/ˈslæk.li/slacklyadverb(LOOSELY)
loosely; nottightly:
松垮地;松弛地;未关紧地Thewoodengateswerehangingslackly ontheirhinges.木门松松垮垮地挂在铰链上。
Atelegraphlinehangsslackly overwasteground.一条电报线松弛地悬挂在荒地上空。
- Thefleshhungslackly on hisfaceas hegapedat thedamage.
- Thecablemight have beenfittedtoo slackly.
- Adeflatedlife-jacketlayslackly on thedarksea.
Flexible, loose and yielding
- adrift
- bendable
- bendy
- ductile
- ductility
- flowing
- fullness
- jointed
- limply
- limpness
- loose-fitting
- pliant
- pliantly
- relax
- rubbery
- slack
- slacken
- sloppy
- unstuck
- yielding
slacklyadverb(CARELESSLY)
carelesslyor with lesseffortthanusual:
Thecountryappearsto have a very slacklypolicedborder.
Thebookhas been slacklyproofread, with somesillymistakes.
See
slack
- Theskipperwasimposingorderon a slacklyadministeredtransportshipin thePacific.
- Hewavedhisspoonslackly,pointingitvaguelyupstairs.
- This is aterrible, slacklydirectedplay.
Not showing careful thought
- airily
- airiness
- airy
- bash
- bashsomethingout
- cuff
- frivolity
- frivolous
- frivolously
- ill-conceived
- incautious
- non-thinking
- off the cuffidiom
- preconceived
- shallow
- shallowly
- shallowness
- thoughtless
- unconsidered
- unthinking