sluggardly

[sluhg-erd-lee]

adjective

1. like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.

Other Word Forms

• sluggardliness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sluggardly¹

First recorded in 1860–65; sluggard + -ly

Example Sentences

The only comparable animals of any kind are lungfish, which also have sluggardly tendencies.

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Using his foot to spin the base of the wheel, he placed dampened hands on the sluggardly lump, and for the hundredth time Tree-ear watched the miracle.

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Sluggardly as Murray was moving, it was Haase who called for the physio at 4-1 up for what appeared to be minor ankle repairs.

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Only months after scoring the biggest electoral rout in Taiwan's history, Ma's approval rating has dropped to around 35 percent, both because of Taiwan's sluggardly economy and because of a leadership style that some see as too subdued for the island's raucous political arena.

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The sluggardly inertness of that people passes all belief; entreaties, objurgations, curses, even bribes could not move them.

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