Antonyms for sluggishly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : sluhg-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌg ɪʃ

Definition of sluggishly

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle English slugge "lazy person" (see sluggard) + -ish. Earlier adjective was sluggi (early 13c.). Related: Sluggishly; sluggishness.

As in leisurely : adv casually, unhurriedly
As in dully : adv stupidly
As in heavily : adv laboriously
As in languidly : adv nonchalantly
As in sleepily : adv dully
As in flatly : adv tediously

Example sentences :

Crane watched Lauzanne go lazily, sluggishly down to the post for his race.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

It was then, for much of its distance, rather a dismal stream, sluggishly winding through marshes lined with alders.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

In either case, they explain how it is that we have a world moving so sluggishly.
Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith

When removed in a dry test tube, they began to move about sluggishly.
Extract from : « Plague » by Thomas Wright Jackson

The men came to sluggishly, their reactions pathetic and confused.
Extract from : « Deepfreeze » by Robert Donald Locke

My mind, from sluggishly hibernating for the winter, became a dynamo of activity.
Extract from : « Neighbours » by Robert Stead

A stream may flow so sluggishly that the water loses its clearness.
Extract from : « Memories of a Musical Life » by William Mason

And that current will flow, sluggishly or rapidly, towards war.
Extract from : « What is Coming? » by H. G. Wells

The water ran into it sluggishly, and drained out half a mile below over muddy shallows.
Extract from : « The Boss of Wind River » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

You're sluggishly satisfied to go jogging along in the same old ruts that humanity has worn deep for centuries.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Widow » by Edgar Fawcett

Synonyms for sluggishly

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