indolently

Variant of indolent

adjective

  1. disliking or avoiding work; idle; lazy
  2. Med.
    1. causing little or no pain: an indolent cyst
    2. slow to heal: an indolent ulcer
    3. inactive or slowly developing: an indolent tumor

Origin: < LL indolens < L in-, not + dolens, prp. of dolere, to feel pain: see doleful

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