sluggish

Part of speech: adverb

Sluggishly.

Part of speech: noun

Sluggishness.

Part of speech: adjective

Slow; inactive; torpid.

Part of speech: adjective

Habitually idle and lazy.

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Usage examples "sluggish":

  1. The march from the White House was more sluggish than the current of the Chickahominy. - "Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War", G. F. R. Henderson.
  2. The Valley army had already marched far and fast; and although Dabney hints that inexperienced and sluggish subordinates were the chief cause of delay, there is hardly need to look so far for excuse. - "Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War", G. F. R. Henderson.
  3. Indeed, there is no better exercise to be found than riding horseback to stimulate sluggish organs, or excite to healthy action the bodily functions. - "Arizona Sketches", Joseph A. Munk.