draggingly

8.3

Moving in a slow, heavy way that feels boring

adverb
/ˈdræɡɪŋli/

: tediosamente

The meeting proceeded draggingly, with every topic taking twice as long as necessary.

Examples

She walked draggingly across the field, her feet barely leaving the ground.
He answered the questions draggingly, as though he were too tired to care.
She spoke draggingly during the presentation.
He walked draggingly after the long meeting.
He answered the questions draggingly, as though he were too tired to care.
The meeting proceeded draggingly, with every topic taking twice as long as necessary.
She walked draggingly across the field, her feet barely leaving the ground.

Synonyms

sluggishly

vsdraggingly

3 3.6

Slowly and with little energy

is slow and tedious because it involves effortful pulling rather than simple laziness

ploddingly

vsdraggingly

8.1

In a slow, heavy way that shows little energy or interest

is slow and tedious as if pulled along with great effort

laggardly

vsdraggingly

8.1

In a slow way that makes tasks finish late

is slow and tedious as if moved along with repeated effort

Antonyms

briskly

24 3.5

Quickly and with a lot of energy to get things done

How Slowly

glacially

1 7.4

draggingly

8.3

sluggishly

3 3.6

slowly

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

draggingly positive

Morphology

draggingly = dragging (transparent) = drag + ing + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the clearly interpretable adjective 'dragging' (itself from 'drag' + '-ing'), so the meaning 'in a slow or tedious manner' is directly derived.

Etymology

Draggingly comes from the verb drag, which means 'to pull', like when you pull a heavy bag behind you, and the endings -ing and -ly turn it into 'in a dragging way'. So draggingly means doing something slowly and with effort, as if it is being pulled along.