sluggardly

/slˈʌɡɚdli/ adj

Like a sluggard.

Word Origin Sluggardly describes someone acting like a sluggard — a lazy person. Sluggard comes from slug (a slow-moving creature) + the pejorative suffix -ard (like in drunkard, coward). Slug itself is from Old Norse slöggr 'sluggish, slow.' So sluggardly is being slow and lazy. Related: sluggish, sluggard.

adj Like a sluggard.

His sluggardly pace made us late for the meeting.

(形容词) 懒散的

他懒散的步伐让我们开会迟到了。

(adjetivo) Como un holgazán.

Su paso holgazán nos hizo llegar tarde a la reunión.

(adjectif) paresseux; indolent; fainéant; lent [Qui évoque la paresse ou la lenteur d'un fainéant ; propre au comportement d'une personne indolente.]

Son allure sluggardly nous a fait arriver en retard à la réunion.

(Adjektiv) träg; faul; schlapp [Träge, faul oder langsam handelnd; in der Art eines Faulpelzes.]

Sein **sluggardly** Tempo machte uns zu spät für das Meeting.

(形容詞) 怠け者(sluggard)那样的。怠惰で動きが緩慢なさま。

彼の怠惰なペースのおかげで、会議に遅刻してしまった。

(adjetivo) preguiçoso; lerdo; indolente; vagaroso [Como um preguiçoso.]

Seu ritmo lento nos fez chegar atrasados à reunião.

Word parts: slug + ard + ly

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