English Dictionary: sluggishly | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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.] [bd]So sluggish a conceit.[b8] --Milton. Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See {Inert}. -- {Slug"gish*ly}, adv. -- {Slug"gish*ness}, n. |