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词汇 slackly
释义 slackly
adverb
uk /ˈslæk.li/ us /ˈslæk.li/

slacklyadverb (LOOSELY)


loosely; not tightly: 松垮地;松弛地;未关紧地
The wooden gates were hanging slackly on their hinges.木门松松垮垮地挂在铰链上。
A telegraph line hangs slackly over waste ground.一条电报线松弛地悬挂在荒地上空。
The flesh hung slackly on his face as he gaped at the damage.
The cable might have been fitted too slackly.
A deflated life-jacket lay slackly on the dark sea.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Flexible, loose and yielding
adrift
bendable
bendy
ductile
ductility
flowing
jointed
lax
limply
limpness
pliantly
ragdoll
relax
rubbery
semi-flexible
uncompressed
unconstricted
unstayed
unstuck
yielding

slacklyadverb (CARELESSLY)


carelessly or with less effort than usual:
The country appears to have a very slackly policed border.
The book has been slackly proofread, with some silly mistakes.
See
slack
The skipper was imposing order on a slackly administered transport ship in the Pacific.
He waved his spoon slackly, pointing it vaguely upstairs.
This is a terrible, slackly directed play.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not showing careful thought
airily
airiness
airy
bang something out
bash
bash something out
frivolous
frivolously
ill-conceived
incaution
incautious
non-thinking
off the cuffidiom
pat
preconceived
shallow
shallowly
shallowness
unreflective
unthinking

Examples of slackly


slackly
We have been taken very much to task for operating this slackly.
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It cannot be properly monitored with a slackly worded, woolly document such as this one.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
My suspicion is that when all goes well, the trouble is forgotten, and this work goes on rather slackly.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Thirdly, it is necessary to recognise the fact that a large proportion of our land is very slackly farmed.
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It is very hard to defend a body of hereditary legislators who take their duties far more slackly than do the inhabitants of a dormitory constituency in the suburbs.
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Hansard archive

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In such an event, the jailer was subject to a fine for keeping her so slackly.
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It employs a long sanding belt which runs slackly over the object.
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At times, when the animal is standing slackly, she is hollow backed, but usually the back is as shown in the drawing.
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