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sluggishly en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree English sluggish Middle English -ly English -ly English sluggishly From sluggish + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.
   • She was not bound in any other way and she lay quiet, her body moving sluggishly with the swaying of the car. 1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Hare and Grey Hound”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 107:
   • It hung together in banks, flowing sluggishly down the slope of the land and driving reluctantly before the wind[.] 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 145:
   • "Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years," Charalambous said. "On Earth, features like these may well have been largely erased." 2025 September 3, Julia Jacobo, “What are the mysterious blobs on Mars? Astronomers may have figured it out”, in ABC News:

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