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slothlike

slothlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.

Adjective

slothlike (comparative more slothlike, superlative most slothlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.
    • But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant slothlike monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines of almost all who dwell in the world’s largest rain forest.2007 July 8, Larry Rohter, “A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?”, in New York Times

Forms of slothlike

comparativemore slothlike
superlativemost slothlike

Origin of slothlike

From sloth + -like.

Questions about slothlike

What does slothlike mean?
Slothlike means resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.
What part of speech is slothlike?
Slothlike is an adjective.

Words near slothlike in the dictionary

  1. slothfull
  2. slothfully
  3. slothfulness
  4. slothfulnesses
  5. slothing
  6. slothlike
  7. slothound
  8. slothounds
  9. sloths
  10. slothy
  11. Slotin

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