loi´ter|ing|ly

loi´ter|ing|ly
loi|ter «LOY tuhr», intransitive verb.
1. to linger idly; stop along the way: »

She loitered along the street, looking into all the shop windows.

SYNONYM(S): delay, tarry, lag, dawdle. See syn. under linger. (Cf.linger)
2. to waste time in idleness; idle; loaf.
–v.t.
to spend (time) idly: »

to loiter the hours away.

[< Dutch leuteren be loose, erratic; shake, totter]
loi´ter|er, noun.
loi´ter|ing|ly, adverb.

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