inanimately

adverb

as in sluggishly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inanimately
  1. sluggishly
  2. lazily
  3. dully
  4. tardily
  5. idly
  6. halfheartedly
Adverb
  • Verstappen qualified second but stalled at the start, falling to last place as his car moved sluggishly.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • The Knicks came out of halftime sluggishly, falling behind by 13 points in the third quarter.
    — Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of sluggishly
Adverb
  • Unlike Mamdani, whom Platner has often been lazily compared to, and who wielded social media to novel and wildly fruitful ends, Platner is not as much of a digital native, and is a far less polished poster.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • This 469-mile parkway lazily meanders through the Appalachian Highlands in Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Definition of lazily
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  • His audiences stare back at him, dully hostile.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of dully
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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
Definition of tardily
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  • And, when the military was eventually deployed, the most visible intervention was thousands of armed men controlling traffic and standing idly by the ruins.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Gosha, a local station master, has a side-hustle of his own, turning a blind eye while bootleggers siphon diesel from the tankers that sit idly on the train tracks.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Definition of idly
Adverb
  • The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of halfheartedly
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