slothful

«slothful» in Mova's school dictionary: lazy, not wanting to work or move about — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (slothful; more slothful, most slothful)

meaning for a pupil

1) Slothful means lazy, not wanting to work or move about. tree →

2) A slothful person is one who does nothing and sits about while others work. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a lazy girl or fellow who gossips, eats too much and will not work.

examples

• Her slothful brother would not get out of bed. tree →
• The slothful fellow sat by the fire all day. tree →
• Being slothful will not get the chores done. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute.
• The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.
• The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slothful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.