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SLUGGISHLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sluggishly mean?
• SLUGGISHLY (adverb)
The adverb SLUGGISHLY has 1 sense:
1. in a sluggish manner
Familiarity information: SLUGGISHLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a sluggish manner
Context example:
the smoke rose sluggishly
Pertainym:
sluggish (moving slowly)
Context examples
He flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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