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Meaning of "laggardly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAGGARDLY

laggardly  [ˈlæɡədlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAGGARDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laggardly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LAGGARDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of laggardly in the English dictionary

The definition of laggardly in the dictionary is sluggishly, slowly, or dawdlingly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAGGARDLY


awkwardly
ˈɔːkwədlɪ
backwardly
ˈbækwədlɪ
cowardly
ˈkaʊədlɪ
dastardly
ˈdæstədlɪ
downwardly
ˈdaʊnwədlɪ
eastwardly
ˈiːstwədlɪ
figuredly
ˈfɪɡədlɪ
forwardly
ˈfɔːwədlɪ
good-naturedly
ˌɡʊdˈneɪtʃədlɪ
haggardly
ˈhæɡədlɪ
haphazardly
ˌhæpˈhæzədlɪ
inwardly
ˈɪnwədlɪ
niggardly
ˈnɪɡədlɪ
northwardly
ˈnɔːθwədlɪ
outwardly
ˈaʊtwədlɪ
sluggardly
ˈslʌɡədlɪ
straightforwardly
ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwədlɪ
tiredly
ˈtaɪədlɪ
upwardly
ˈʌpwədlɪ
weirdly
ˈwɪədlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAGGARDLY

lager
lager lout
lager top
lager tops
lagered
lagered-up
Lagerfeld
Lagerkvist
lagerphone
laggard
laggardness
lagged
lagger
lagging
laggingly
lagnappe
lagniappe
lagomorph
lagomorphic
lagomorphous

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAGGARDLY

bastardly
blackguardly
blizzardly
frowardly
hardly
leewardly
leftwardly
northeastwardly
northwestwardly
onwardly
seawardly
southwardly
southwestwardly
standardly
thirdly
towardly
untowardly
waywardly
westwardly
wizardly

Synonyms and antonyms of laggardly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «laggardly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAGGARDLY

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Translator English - Chinese

滞后,
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

laggardly
570 millions of speakers

English

laggardly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

laggardly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلكؤ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

laggardly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relutantes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

laggardly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

procrastination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laggardly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

laggardly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遅れて
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

laggardly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laggardly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

laggardly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

laggardly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्बलपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

laggardly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laggardly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

laggardly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

laggardly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laggardly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

laggardly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agter bly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laggardly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

laggardly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laggardly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAGGARDLY»

The term «laggardly» is used very little and occupies the 176.170 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAGGARDLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laggardly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAGGARDLY»

Discover the use of laggardly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laggardly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
LAGGARDLY lagerphone. 1973 Nation Rec. (Melbourne) 24—30 Aug. 1421/2 Their percussion comes from Jan Wozitsky. . and Bert Kahnoff (lagerphone). 1983 New Oxf. Compan. Mus. I. 119/1 The lagerphone, a kind of Turkish jingling  ...
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
2
Into the Promised Land: Issues Facing the Welfare State
fare. states. do. not. become. rich. welfare. state. laggards,. but. rather. that. some. laggardly. welfare. states. become. rich.7. NOTES 1. There is nothing sacred about this or any other cutoff point for the inclusion or exclusion of terms in a model.
Asher Ben-Arieh, John Gal, 2001
3
Alaska in the Wake of the North Star
I was laggardly about finishing the manuscript and then laggardly about finding a publisher. My excuse was that the "Stowaway," who turned out to be my daughter , Barbara Rose, was followed in two years by a brother, Mark. Life went on.
Loel Burket Shuler, 2005
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Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner
They are in virtual contact above with the liver on the right side and the spleen on the left and move laggardly and to a slight degree with respiration. The right kidney is slightly lower than the left because of the overlying and impinging liver and ...
Charles Lyman Greene, 1922
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PC Mag
Consan RS600/N by Winn L. Rosch A high-powered controller isn't enough to deliver high perfonnance, at least in the case of the RS600/N from Consan Inc. The low-priced $3,495 storage subsystem proved to be one of the most laggardly of ...
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THE HOLY QURAN: (English)
The laggardly Bedouinswill say, “When youleaveto collect the spoils, letusfollow you.” Theywantto alter the command of God(that only theparticipating believersare entitled to such benefit). Tell them, “You can never follow usfor such apurpose.
Abdullah Eymen, 2013
7
The Dimwit's Dictionary: Replace Lazy Writing with Elegant ...
(as) slow as molasses (in January) An insipid simile. crawling; dallying; dawdling; deliberate; dilatory;faltering; hesitant; laggardly;lagging; leisurely; methodical; plodding; procrastinating; slothful; slow; slow-paced; sluggardly; sluggish; ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2012
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The Metropolitan
But, at lost, slowly, by dull degrees, laggardly, as laggardly as one finds out that one is getting old, the hands of the clock did circumambulate — it was nine— it was ten— eleven — twelve — one— half-past one and then, joy ! there was a ...
‎1839
9
The Religious Thought of Hasidism: Text and Commentary
True, God does not reject the prayers of the common people either, although they come forth in a laggardly manner, in a state of / am asleep, but only if the prayer is communal — only then hath He not despised their prayer.70 Now we may ...
Norman Lamm, 1999
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People Will Talk: The Surprising Science of Reputation
It seems that laggardly lions get a reputation as such. When the researchers separated a leader and a laggard from the rest of the pride, forcing them to confront the threat in tandem, the leader would become cautious and untrusting. It would ...
John Whitfield, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAGGARDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laggardly is used in the context of the following news items.
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NDDC: Grappling With Funding Challenges, Articles | THISDAY LIVE
The laggardly performance of the region in terms of infrastructural development and sustainable development is largely traced to the peculiar ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
2
Ian McKellen will portray an Elderly Sherlock in the upcoming 'Mr …
It's thanks largely to that cast that, while the sometimes laggardly “Mr. Holmes” lacks the narrative momentum and razor-sharp focus upon which ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
3
'Mr. Holmes' movie review: Ian McKellen shines in portrait of the …
It's thanks largely to that cast that, while the sometimes laggardly "Mr. Holmes" lacks the narrative momentum and razor-sharp focus upon which ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
4
The billion dollar question
... imposition of overly onerous debt repayments by Europe on Greece and other nations, and the ECB's laggardly adoption of monetary easing. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
Five apps that need to be developed for bookish people
... even neo-luddites like myself have had to shuffle up from their picket and shift their allegiances and join the queue in laggardly gait to techno ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
6
ANALYSIS: Complexity threatens to put SESAR off track
In crowded Europe, this is perhaps the principal reason for the region's laggardly performance in the implementation of RNP, but the other ... «Flightglobal, Jul 15»
7
The UK's outmoded universities must modernise or risk falling far …
The reasons cited for this laggardly response will be familiar to any observer of the university system: an inherently conservative and ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
Record levels of catastrophe. Record levels of aid.
Stephen Harper's government has taken plenty of criticism for its laggardly approach to official development assistance. When U2 front man ... «Macleans.ca, Jun 15»
9
Google and the dull artillery of EU antitrust litigation
Deliberately shedding Brussels' laggardly image, Vestager zeroed in on the best, narrowest case she could find: that Google uses its ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Swallows AOL: Do Hedge Funds …
Reflecting this laggardly performance is the fact that among the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey, Verizon Communications Inc. «Insider Monkey, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Laggardly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/laggardly>. Apr 2024 ».
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