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aslug

aslug adverb: sluggishly.

Adverb

aslug (not comparable)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete) sluggishly
    • [He] drags on muddy shore his boat, / That comes aslug against the stream.1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix

Origin of aslug

From a- + slug, to move slowly.

Questions about aslug

What does aslug mean?
Aslug means sluggishly.
What part of speech is aslug?
Aslug is an adverb.

Words near aslug in the dictionary

  1. Aslong
  2. aslop
  3. aslope
  4. aslosh
  5. ASLR
  6. aslug
  7. Aslum
  8. aslumber
  9. asm
  10. asmachta
  11. Asman

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