| In any case, these judgments were but slackly enforced, even in those instances where enforcement was within Edward's power. |
| The slackly gathered reins were held in the left hand, while from the right wrist dangled a thick stock whip. |
| The dog-eared Latin grammar and arithmetic primer were odious to him, 289 and he learned but slackly. |
| He asked me with an impolite, almost impatient lilt, as he slackly sat himself upon a tree-stump, violin in hand, hand upon knee. |
| An accompanying consideration was that Asian and African forms of literature may be only slackly comparable to those in the West. |
| History meant to be puffed up with nationalist pride hangs slackly. |
