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sluggishly

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slug·gish  (slgsh)
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.]
sluggish·ly adv.
sluggish·ness n.
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Adv.1.sluggishly - in a sluggish manner; "the smoke rose sluggishly"
Translations
sluggishly [ˈslʌgɪʃlɪ] ADV
1. (= indolently) → perezosamente
2. (= slowly) → lentamente
sluggishly [ˈslʌgɪʃli] adv → lentement
sluggishly
adv move, flow → träge; walk → schwerfällig; (Comm) → flau, lustlos
sluggishly [ˈslʌgɪʃlɪ] adv (move) → lentamente, pigramente
sluggishly [ˈslʌgɪʃlɪ] adv (move) → lentamente, pigramente


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On the second day, numbers of Right Whales were seen, who, secure from the attack of a Sperm Whaler like the Pequod, with open jaws sluggishly swam through the brit, which, adhering to the fringing fibres of that wondrous Venetian blind in their mouths, was in that manner separated from the water that escaped at the lip.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
The river narrowed and flowed sluggishly between the banks which were luxuriant with tropical growth.
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All rushed to holding-ground, and held, while the whale broke more timbers and the Mary Turner rolled sluggishly down and back again.
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