draggy
Americanadjective
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moving or developing very slowly.
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boring; dull.
adjective
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slow or boring
a draggy party
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dull and listless
Etymology
Origin of draggy
Example Sentences
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But the days of laggy, draggy and expensive in-flight internet are coming to an end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
But Cregger makes great fun of the reveal nonetheless, and Madigan is more than up for making her character into one of the most deliciously draggy and delightful horror villains in recent memory.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
The film can’t get to its gut punch of a final shot without a draggy closing stretch that tries our own patience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
It also reduces drag - and this is the key for Mercedes, for whom one of the most significant problems this year has been the draggy nature of their car.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2022
It’s a kind of low-hips dance, with the draggy elbows, and we did it, it’s good for that.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
There’s a je ne sais quoi you don’t get in the draggier games.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2020
Otherwise the episode, written by the series creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, did a good job of setting up the season and introducing new characters without wasting time on draggier subplots.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2014
As it is, the play’s conventional structure and predictable confrontations look balder and feel draggier than need be.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2012
If it was possible, he looked even draggier than my mother.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
On first listen, I found this one of the draggiest Dressner compositions on the record.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020
Whatever the case, it’s dispiriting that the draggiest, soppiest scenes in “Hall Pass,” as well as the most disgusting gag, involve women.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2011
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