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ladylike way.
lag
v. 1 fall behind, linger, loiter, delay, straggle, trail, hang
back, dally, dawdle, inch or poke along: If you lag behind too
far, you'll never catch up. 2 diminish, decrease, slacken,
abate, slow (down or up), flag, wane, ebb, falter, fail, let up,
fall (off or away), ease (up), lighten: Contributions to the
fund are lagging. Military preparations are lagging.
laggard n. straggler, idler, dawdler, loiterer, slouch, sluggard,
loafer, snail, loller, Colloq Brit slowcoach , US slowpoke: As
a young boy he was always the laggard, dragging along behind
everyone else.
lair
n. 1 den, burrow, hole, nest, tunnel, cave, hollow, covert: We
cautiously approached the lair of the man-eating tiger. 2
hide-out, hideaway, retreat, hiding-place, refuge, asylum,
sanctuary, Colloq hidey-hole or hidy-hole: Oliver will not
emerge from his lair before tea-time.
laissez-faire
n. laisser-faire, laissez-faireism, free enterprise,
non-intervention, non-interference, freedom, free trade,
individualism, laissez-aller or laisser-aller, deregulation,
decontrol, laxness: The government's policy of laissez-faire
has spurred business on.
lambaste v. 1 beat, whip, scourge, flog, lash, maul, horsewhip, cane,
birch, thrash, bludgeon, trounce, drub, pummel, batter,
belabour, cudgel: Terry threatened to lambaste anyone who
interfered. 2 censure, rebuke, scold, reprimand, chide,
admonish, reprove, upbraid, berate, scold, revile, attack,
castigate, flay, Colloq dress down, get on (someone's) back,
rake or haul over the coals, US call down, Slang chew or bawl
out: The press lambasted the company for its unfair employment
policies.
lame
adj. 1 crippled, disabled, handicapped, hobbled, limping,
incapacitated, impaired, halting, halt, spavined, Colloq US
gimpy: The mare was found to be lame after the previous day's
hunting. 2 feeble, weak, flimsy, thin, unconvincing,
unpersuasive, awkward, clumsy, poor, ineffective, Colloq
half-baked: Refusing to go because you have a headache sounds