as in sluggishly
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Adverb
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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 -
Cold weather slows the chemical reactions in these batteries, with the lithium ions moving more sluggishly through the electrolyte liquid.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The rooms Each room here channels a new type of contemporary African design—there are no throwaway uses of Ankara cloth to lazily signal to the continent.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
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The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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
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So standing idly by while Palestinians are being beaten up by settlers is actually soldiers following orders.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Local industry professionals aren’t sitting idly by, with hundreds marching on Parliament in January, demanding immediate action.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Inanimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inanimately. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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