laggardly

comparative more laggardly · superlative most laggardly

1. In the manner of a laggard; sluggishly; slowly.

   But none the less, he moved stiffly to the door in order to comply. His legs moved laggardly. Something within him repelled this motion of obedience.

   1917, Waldo David Frank, The Unwelcome Man: A Novel, page 108

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   They are in virtual contact above with the liver on the right side and the spleen on the left and move laggardly and to a slight degree with respiration.

   1917, Charles Lyman Greene, Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner, page 732

   Eager as we were to reach Ellsworth, the boss men made us keep those longhorns moving at a leisurely pace. Leisurely. [...] So it was a good thing Mr. Justus and the major kept us moving laggardly.

   2016, Johnny D. Boggs, Summer of the Star: A Western Story, Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN

comparative more laggardly · superlative most laggardly

1. Slow in manner; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind.

   Britain has considerable interest in completing the Single Market in services that has made much more laggardly progress than the free movement of persons and visible goods.

   2016, David Gowland, Britain and the European Union, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 130

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   For the most part the early adopters, early majority, and later majority can function in either an innovative system, laggardly system, or a system that has a combination of both.

   1986, James C. McCroskey, Virginia P. Richmond, Robert Allen Stewart, One on One: The Foundations of Interpersonal Communication, Prentice Hall

   It is extremely important to discover why a county such as West Glamorgan, which is still home to a great number of native Welsh speakers, is more laggardly in its provision of Welsh language teaching than South Glamorgan ...

   1992, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) : House of Commons official report