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sluggishly, adv.|ˈslʌgɪʃlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a sluggish or torpid manner; lazily, slowly.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxi, Þe eselier þou shalt bere it, made redy þerto nat sluggusly [v.r. sluggedly] in herte & by use. 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Somniculose, dreamingly: negligently: sluggishly. c1650Z. Boyd in Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 52 Who, sluggishlie gapeing and stretching himself, lyeth lusking on the downe. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 189 To do my Work sluggishly by halfs. 1784Reynolds Disc. xii. (1842) 201 To go sluggishly about a prescribed task. 1832R. & J. Lander Exped. Niger III. xvii. 45 Our men at first paddled sluggishly. 1866R. M. Ferguson Electr. (1870) 33 Hence the compass-needle..oscillates more sluggishly. |