Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sluggardly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slug-gard-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a sluggard.

Etymology

Etymology tree English sluggard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English sluggardly From sluggard + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more sluggardly (comparative) most sluggardly (superlative)

Derived Forms

sluggardliness

Questions

What does sluggardly mean?: Like a sluggard.
Where does sluggardly come from?: Etymology tree English sluggard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English sluggardly From sluggard + -ly.

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