sluggishly

English

Etymology

From sluggish +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

sluggishly (comparative more sluggishly, superlative most sluggishly)

  1. In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 145:
      It hung together in banks, flowing sluggishly down the slope of the land and driving reluctantly before the wind[.]
    • 2025 September 3, Julia Jacobo, “What are the mysterious blobs on Mars? Astronomers may have figured it out”, in ABC News‎[1]:
      "Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years," Charalambous said. "On Earth, features like these may well have been largely erased."
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