SLUGGISHLY

sluggishly

(adverb) in a sluggish manner; “the smoke rose sluggishly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

sluggishly (comparative more sluggishly, superlative most sluggishly)

In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.

Source: Wiktionary

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SLUGGISH

Slug"gish, a.

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow.

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." Milton.

Syn.

– Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert.

– Slug"gish*ly, adv.

– Slug"gish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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