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laggier

laggier is the comparative form of laggy.

Meaning of laggy

Adjective

laggy (comparative laggier, superlative laggiest)

  1. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
    • Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.
  2. (Internet, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
    • I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.

Questions about laggier

What is laggier the comparative form of?
Laggier is the comparative form of laggy.

Words near laggier in the dictionary

  1. lagged
  2. lagged behind
  3. lagged off
  4. lagger
  5. laggers
  6. laggier
  7. laggiest
  8. lagginess
  9. lagging
  10. lagging behind
  11. lagging jacket

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