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sluggardly

sluggardly adjective: like a sluggard.

Adjective

sluggardly (comparative more sluggardly, superlative most sluggardly)

  1. Like a sluggard.

Forms of sluggardly

comparativemore sluggardly
superlativemost sluggardly

Origin of sluggardly

From sluggard + -ly.

Words formed from sluggardly

Questions about sluggardly

What does sluggardly mean?
Sluggardly means like a sluggard.
What part of speech is sluggardly?
Sluggardly is an adjective.

Words near sluggardly in the dictionary

  1. sluggardize
  2. sluggardized
  3. sluggardizes
  4. sluggardizing
  5. sluggardliness
  6. sluggardly
  7. sluggardness
  8. sluggards
  9. sluggas
  10. slugged
  11. slugged away

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