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stagnantly

stagnantly

6.3
In a way that shows very little change or progress
  • adverb
  • /ˈstæɡnəntli/
translation icon : estancadamente
  • The committee's discussions have progressed stagnantly, with no new ideas being proposed in months.

Examples

  • He believes that life cannot be lived stagnantly because a stagnant life is not worth living.

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  • It is invigorating to watch a company stand for something rather than sit stagnantly in the dark.

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  • The slower education evolves, the quicker the system will start lagging behind—if it can lag even farther behind where it already stagnantly sits.

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  • The garden's flowers wilted as the weather turned hot, leaving them to grow stagnantly without water.

  • If we continue to think stagnantly about solving our problems, we will miss out on potential solutions.

Synonyms

in stasis
vsstagnantly
12 8.1

Not moving or changing for a time

is about showing little or no growth or progress
sluggishly
vsstagnantly
3 3.6

Slowly and with little energy

describes lack of growth or change rather than simple slowness
lethargically
vsstagnantly
1 6.7

Slowly and without energy

focuses on absence of progress or development not mere tiredness

Antonyms

progressively
35 4.1

It happens more and more over time

How Dynamic

rapidly
446 1.4
steadily
129 2.1
gradually
273 1.9
slowly
∞ 1.0
stagnantly
6.3

Surface Forms

stagnantly positive

Morphology

stagnantly = stagnant (transparent) = stagnant + ly

Adverbial '-ly' converts the adjective 'stagnant' to indicate manner or state; the extension to lack of growth is a straightforward contextual meaning.

Etymology

Stagnantly comes from the same root as the English verb stagnate and the Latin stagnum 'pool'. Think of something stuck in a still pool that cannot grow or move, so to act stagnantly is to show little or no progress.