slackly
slackly · more slackly · most slackly
In a slack mannerIn a slack manner.
Meaning
1 sensesIn a slack manner.
He shook my hand slackly. It was like shaking a dead fish.
The flags hung slackly, there wasn't a breeze in the sky.
in a relaxed manner; not rigid
Forms
more slackly, most slackly| Comparative | more slackly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most slackly |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- in a relaxed manner; not rigid:loosely
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedslack
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.