Sluggishly

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.

    "It hung together in banks, flowing sluggishly down the slope of the land and driving reluctantly before the wind[.]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a sluggish manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
coldlydeliberatelyeasilygentlygraduallyhaltingly

Example

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"Because the new trainee did things sluggishly, he was told that he'd be fired if he didn't start taking his job seriously."

Etymology

From sluggish + -ly.

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