sluggishly

/slˈʌɡɪʃli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

"It hung together in banks, flowing sluggishly down the slope of the land and driving reluctantly before the wind[.]"
"She was not bound in any other way and she lay quiet, her body moving sluggishly with the swaying of the car."
""Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years," Charalambous said. "On Earth, features like these may well have been largely erased.""

Etymology tree English sluggish Middle English -ly English -ly English sluggishly From sluggish + -ly.

more sluggishly (comparative) most sluggishly (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce sluggishly?

The recorded pronunciation is /slˈʌɡɪʃli/.

What does sluggishly mean?

In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.

Where does sluggishly come from?

Etymology tree English sluggish Middle English -ly English -ly English sluggishly From sluggish + -ly.

How to pronounce sluggishly

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “sluggishly”.

Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/slˈʌɡɪʃli/) so you know which sounds to aim for.

Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “sluggishly”.

Repeat and practice — Say “sluggishly” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.