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Meaning of "sluggardly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLUGGARDLY

sluggardly  [ˈslʌɡədlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLUGGARDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sluggardly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLUGGARDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sluggardly in the English dictionary

The definition of sluggardly in the dictionary is habitually indolent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLUGGARDLY


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
laggardly
ˈlæɡədlɪ
niggardly
ˈnɪɡədlɪ
northwardly
ˈnɔːθwədlɪ
outwardly
ˈaʊtwədlɪ
straightforwardly
ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwədlɪ
tiredly
ˈtaɪədlɪ
upwardly
ˈʌpwədlɪ
weirdly
ˈwɪədlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLUGGARDLY

slue
sluff
slug
slug it out
slugabed
slugfest
sluggard
sluggardise
sluggardize
sluggardliness
sluggardness
slugged
slugger
slugging
sluggish
sluggishly
sluggishness
sluice
sluice down
sluicegate

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLUGGARDLY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of sluggardly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sluggardly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLUGGARDLY

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The translations of sluggardly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sluggardly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sluggardly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sluggardly
570 millions of speakers

English

sluggardly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sluggardly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sluggardly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sluggardly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sluggardly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sluggardly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sluggardly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sluggardly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

faul
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sluggardly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sluggardly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sluggardly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sluggardly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சோம்பேறித்தனமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आळशीपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sluggardly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sluggardly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sluggardly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sluggardly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sluggardly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sluggardly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sluggardly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sluggardly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sluggardly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sluggardly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUGGARDLY»

The term «sluggardly» is normally little used and occupies the 144.970 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLUGGARDLY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUGGARDLY»

Discover the use of sluggardly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sluggardly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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In the Shadow of Plenty
True Charity There is a clear distinction then between the oppressed and the sluggardly. The oppressed would work, if only they could. The slug- gardly could work, if only they would. Since the only means of moving up and out of poverty, and ...
George Grant, 1986
2
Issues in Behavioral Psychology: 2013 Edition
sluggardly,. and. blue: Low. self-control. mediates. the. relationship. between. ostracism. and. depression. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Psychology & Psychiatry J ournal — A new study on Behavior Research is now available.
‎2013
3
On the Air with Dylan Thomas: The Broadcasts
There was no need, that holiday morning, for the sluggardly boys to be shouted down to breakfast; out of their jumbled beds they tumbled, scrambled into their rumpled clothes; quickly at the bathroom basin they catlicked their hands and faces, ...
Dylan Thomas, Ralph Maud, 1992
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The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
(as) slow as molasses (in January) An insipid dallying; dawdling; deliberate; dilatory; faltering; hesitant; laggardly; lagging; leisurely; methodical; plodding; procrastinating; slothful; slow; slow-paced; sluggardly; slugsimile. crawling; gish;  ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
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The Daughters of Blane
You are too young for melancholy.” “Is that your schoolmaster voice?” “Well, I have my share of sluggardly wains to deal with,” said Jim. “I'm not sluggardly!” she protested. “No, but you're sinking fast into self-pity and that never helped anyone.
H. Smart, 1994
6
The Face of the Waters
He said that a river, to make a suitable gate to the underworld, must be slow and sluggardly. There is nothing sluggardly about the Rhône at Avignon.' 'But there are two Madonnas, by which he also set store, two extraordinary Madonnas, up at ...
Simon Raven, 2001
7
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
... plodding, dawdling, sluggish, sluggardly, lead-footed, poky. antonyms fast. 2 a slow process: long-drawn-out, time-consuming, lengthy, protracted, prolonged, gradual. antonyms brief, short. 3 he can be so slow: obtuse, stupid, unperceptive,  ...
‎2012
8
The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel
Help me tie up this tailboard, boy, and be not sluggardly.” Tim was not sluggardly. He had his side of the tailboard roped tight before Kells had finished tying his in a sloppy ollie-knot that would have made his father laugh. When he was finally ...
Stephen King, 2012
9
The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of ...
... SOUI'L'BS: that "dodo" was an onomalotmcie approximation of the bird's own call, a two-note pigeony ~round like “duo-duo.” The various conjecntres all converge on a common notion: the foolish, mrollen, sluggardly bird with the big butt.
David Quammen, 2012
10
Decisions by the Book: a Biblical guide for making accurate ...
The Sluggardly Employee The sluggard is wiser in bis own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. (Proverbs 26:16) Each of us has experienced the sluggardly employee who can render endless excuses as to why the task assigned ...
John F. Deal, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLUGGARDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sluggardly is used in the context of the following news items.
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DVDanger: Horror Roundup: The best and the rest of the month's …
Unfortunately, some low production values, uneven supporting performances that flit from cartoonish to barely conscious, and a sluggardly edit, drag it down. «Austin Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
You've got to laugh. Apparently.
The sluggardly reaction of the international community to the significance of the man-made component of climate change will stand as a reproach to us all, but ... «The Southland Times, Apr 15»
3
Can Navinder Singh Sarao really be a Wolf of Wall Street?
... an exchange) and microwave networks (much quicker than sluggardly old fibre optics though which information can only travel at two-thirds the speed of light). «Yahoo Finance UK, Apr 15»
4
10 things that driverless cars will eradicate from the face of the Earth
Compared to a robot your road sense is terrible, your reflexes sluggardly and your ability to stop in time to avoid a crash risible. Throw in the fact that you're ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
5
Now That It's The New Year, Let's Get Old Fashioned
Yet soon enough I was back in the saddle, and it was only a matter of time before I could no longer convince myself that my sluggardly tendencies had been ... «The Federalist, Jan 15»
6
Judge backs state in lawsuit over proposed Western Mass. medical …
... applicant denied provisional licensure would seek a similar 'second bite of the apple' in the courts, resulting in a even more sluggardly administrative process. «The Republican - masslive.com, Nov 14»
7
Roger Federer swaps childcare for Jérémy Chardy in Rome return
However, Schiavone, one of the smartest players on the tour, played will her old vigour to demoralise Bouchard, whose movement was sluggardly. It was not so ... «The Guardian, May 14»
8
Wes Anderson packs everything for The Grand Budapest Hotel
How sluggardly you feel coming home from a Wes Anderson movie. Back to the rubber-band scrum and plastic miscellany of the kitchen junk drawer. «Nashville Scene, Mar 14»
9
First Drive: 2014 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8TFSI
VW's full-line drive is here in the hills of Napa Valley, and after spending a good 15 kilometres following a sluggardly Toyota Echo coupe (which, despite its ... «Autos.ca, Sep 13»
10
Laura Robson unable to repeat US Open run as Li Na reaches last 16
It was Robson's old enemies – her feet – that got in her way in a sluggardly start, as she racked up a dozen unforced errors during the first quarter of an hour, ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»

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