as in sluggishly
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Adverb
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He was beaten from distance for the first goal, moving sluggishly as a shot dropped into his far corner.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Lincoln-Way East started sluggishly, to say the least, and trailed 7-4 after one quarter before Brown entered the game and scored seven points in the second quarter.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The beats lazily play into aughts pastiche, ignoring the 15 years of mutation that have morphed trap into plugg, rage, drill, and SahBabii.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
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Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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If people in the old days really talked so slowly and dully, more would have died of boredom than of disease.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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While Chanel, which last season shut out guests who arrived a couple of minutes late, started its show — gasp — tardily.—
THOMAS ADAMSON,
ajc,
7 Mar. 2023
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Albeit tardily, it has been punished.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
20 June 2020
Adverb
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The spouses correct each other’s grammar, natter about a razor, idly wonder if Martin might have Alzheimer’s.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Their comments build on a large body of evidence documented by journalists, activists and Palestinians that show Israeli soldiers supporting or standing idly by as Israeli settlers attack Palestinians or encroach on their land.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Inanimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inanimately. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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