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Pat rolled over lazily without enthusiasm (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tepidly

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'without enthusiasm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pat rolled over lazily' is the wordplay.
'pat' becomes 'pet' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rolled over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'lazily' becomes 'idly' (synonyms).
'pet' reversed gives 'tep'.
'tep'+'idly'='TEPIDLY'

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(Other definitions for tepidly that I've seen before include "Without enthusiasm" , "without passion" , "In a lukewarm manner" .)

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