Sluggishly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sluggish \Slug"gish\, a.
     1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a
        sluggish man.
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     2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.


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     3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
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              Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath
              no power to stir or move itself.      --Woodward.
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              And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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     4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
        [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton.
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     Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow;
          dull; drowsy; inactive. See {Inert}.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Slug"gish*ly}, adv. --
          {Slug"gish*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sluggishly
       adv : in a sluggish manner; "the smoke rose sluggishly"