[
US
/ˈsɫəɡɪʃɫi/
]
[ UK /slˈʌɡɪʃli/ ]
[ UK /slˈʌɡɪʃli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a sluggish manner
the smoke rose sluggishly
How To Use sluggishly In A Sentence
- His grip sluggishly loosed and his head slowly rested on the couch.
- He again started sluggishly in the final round, taking bogey from the rough on No. 1 and having to save par from thick grass short of the green at No. 2. Glover, Barnes lead as U.S. Open heads to Monday finale
- Vincent shrugged sluggishly before plopping back down on the leather sofa.
- He threw the helm over, hard aport, the Snow Goose responding sluggishly. CORMORANT
- He saw the phosphorescent glimmer of a shark, like a sea ghost, drift sluggishly by.
- The bond and currency markets, trading primarily via phone, operated throughout the day, but sluggishly.
- At the back of the drainboard, smack in the middle of the dishcloth, a small brown roach waved his antennae sluggishly-sick, no doubt, confusing his nights and days.
- The group seemed very irritable after that unpleasant sleep and they moved sluggishly around the desert.
- The plane staggered and started to climb, slowly, sluggishly, wobbling terrifyingly.
- Waking up from its slumber in cool waters, it sluggishly walks around, often opening its mouth to catch the banana thrown by the woman walking along with her.