sluggardly

[ sluhg-erd-lee ]

adjective

like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.

Origin of sluggardly

¹

First recorded in 1860–65; sluggard + -ly

Other words from sluggardly

slug·gard·li·ness, noun

Words Nearby sluggardly

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How to use sluggardly in a sentence

The sluggardly inertness of that people passes all belief; entreaties, objurgations, curses, even bribes could not move them.
A Day's Ride | Charles James Lever
But he had too much confidence in the sluggardly law to suppose anything of the kind.
The Seven Curses of London | James Greenwood

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