indolent \IN-duh-luhnt\, adjective:
1. Avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive.
2. Conducive to or encouraging laziness or inactivity.
3. Causing little or no pain.
4. Slow to heal, develop, or grow.
There, people did as much as they chose and few ripples ever disturbed the prevailing atmosphere of indolent tranquillity.
-- Rufina Philby, "et al.", The Private Life of Kim Philby
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