laggardly
- adjective
- /ˈlæɡərdli/
:
lentamente
- The engine started laggardly, struggling to rev up before finally gaining speed.
Examples
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But the next morning, he woke me early from a dream of Amy Lash by tapping my shoulder and saying, "Move your laggardly ass."
Fiction book (2002) -
Private investors have not been laggardly either.
Blog text (31) -
This caused most of the established, but laggardly, pocketwatch makers to fold.
Blog text (19) -
"Helga spoke so sternly that she might have been chastising the dead man for the laggardly pace of his reheating.
Fiction book (1992) -
The students responded laggardly to the teacher's questions, taking a long time to think before answering.
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As the deadline approached, he worked laggardly, causing concern among his teammates.
Synonyms
3
3.8
Very slowly, much slower than usual
3
3.6
Slowly and with little energy
1
6.7
Later than expected or usual
Moving slowly and without much energy
Moving in a slow, heavy way that feels boring
Move or act slowly with little energy
In a way that waits to load or work out something until it is needed
Antonyms
How Slow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Laggardly comes from the simple word lag ('to fall behind') and laggard ('a slow person'). So, to act laggardly is to move or respond slowly, or to be late compared with others.