lackadaisical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
    languorous; dreamy; languid.
    • a lackadaisical attempt
    • a languid mood
    • a languid wave of the hand
    • a hot languorous afternoon
  2. adjective satellite idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
    • she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical
    • a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse

WordNet

Lack`a*dai"si*cal adjective
Etymology
From Lackadaisy, interj.
Definitions
  1. Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.

Webster 1913