laggardly

adverb

Definition of laggardlynext
as in slowly
at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected some students laggardly wandered in to class, obviously dreading the upcoming quiz

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slowly
Adverb
  • Storms stretched from the Plains to Ohio early Friday morning and will slowly start to sink south and ease up by the afternoon.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Gordon Road Stand, the oldest in the EFL and barely 30 yards wide, was still standing, albeit slowly rotting away after being closed in the wake of the Bradford City fire disaster that claimed 56 lives in 1985.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of slowly
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“Laggardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laggardly. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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