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  2. Sluggishly means moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy. See how to use this adverb in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

    • Sluggish

      moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less...

  3. moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power: A heavy lunch makes me sluggish in the afternoon. Something is wrong with the car - the engine feels sluggish. The housing market has been very sluggish these past few years. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Slow and moving slowly. (as) slow as molasses idiom.

  4. The meaning of SLUGGISH is averse to activity or exertion : indolent; also : torpid. How to use sluggish in a sentence.

  5. adj. 1. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth. 2. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent. 3. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation. [Middle English, probably from slugge, lazy person; see slug2.] slug′gish·ly adv. slug′gish·ness n.

  6. Definition of sluggishly adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. When you are feeling draggypositively slug-like — you are sluggish, or slow. If cookie sales are sluggish at your bake sale, you are selling very few treats. Just about anything can be sluggish.

  8. sluggish. (slʌgɪʃ ) adjective. You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. The economy remains sluggish. Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands. ...the sluggish pace of reforms.