Writers employ "indolently" to evoke a sense of languid, relaxed movement and attitude that often borders on nonchalance or even lethargy. It imbues a scene with an air of effortless calm, whether describing a character’s idle repose or the gentle, unhurried motion of nature. In one case, a character gazes out at the sea in a quietly unperturbed manner [1], while another response is couched in an almost dismissive, languorous tone [2]. The word is also used to animate environments, as when breezes are characterized by their "indolently soft" caress [3]. This versatile adverb thus serves both to shade human behavior and the natural world with an elegant, if somewhat indifferent, ease.