laggardly

English

Etymology

From laggard +‎ -ly.

Adverb

laggardly (comparative more laggardly, superlative most laggardly)

1. In the manner of a laggard; sluggishly; slowly.
   • 1917, Charles Lyman Greene, Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner, page 732:

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

     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.

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

     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.

Adjective

laggardly (comparative more laggardly, superlative most laggardly)

1. Slow in manner; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind.
   • 1986, James C. McCroskey, Virginia P. Richmond, Robert Allen Stewart, One on One: The Foundations of Interpersonal Communication, Prentice Hall:

     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.

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

     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 ...

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

     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.