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What is the adjective for sluggardy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs slug, sluggardise and sluggardize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sluggish
  1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
  2. Slow; having little motion
  3. Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
  4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. lethargic, slow, torpid, listless, dull, languid, sleepy, lazy, languorous, heavy, lifeless, somnolent, dopey, enervated, drowsy, slothful, dozy, apathetic, tired, indolent, slumberous, idle, passive, comatose, unenergetic, weary, draggy, fatigued, yawny, blah, lumpish, phlegmatic, leaden, lymphatic, hebetudinous, down, sluggard, logy, asthenic, neurasthenic, sluggardly, bovine, drippy, mooney, off, sleepyheaded, slow-moving, heavy-eyed, laid-back, lacking in energy … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Others describe feeling sluggish in the morning but become increasingly alert and energized as the day progresses.”
      “We rode a sluggish train across humid southwest India that chugged slowly enough to keep inside the cloud of its own dust.”
      “A series of measures were introduced to kickstart the sluggish economy.”
sluggy
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a slug (gastropod mollusk).
  2. (obsolete) Sluggish.
  3. Examples:
      4. “If it is going to be wet and sluggy, it will all be about forward dominance.”
      “Sluggy Smith Evoco 10kW wind turbines worth PS5m switched off in Huddersfield Wish the lot of them would self destruct.”
sluglike
  1. Resembling a slug or some aspect of one.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Halkieriids were sluglike metazoans armored with a coat of mineralized sclerites and two prominent shells at either end.”
sluggardly
  1. Like a sluggard.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dilatory, slow, sluggish, unhurried, tardy, laggard, crawling, dawdling, creeping, leisurely, lagging, languid, snaillike, dallying, dillydallying, dragging, pokey, poking, poky, slothful, lazy, slack, lax, loitering, indolent, idle, delaying, procrastinating, lingering, unhasty, behindhand, lollygagging, unpunctual, tarrying, flagging, late, snail-paced, snail-like, slow-going, tortoise-like, slow-paced, measured, deliberate, easy, slow-moving, ponderous, plodding, leaden, moderate, gentle … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He was a confirmed loser, the most sluggardly of his Cambridge set.”
      “But he had too much confidence in the sluggardly law to suppose anything of the kind.”
      “She has improved her sluggardly movement quite a lot but knows there is more work to do.”
slugless
  1. Without slugs.
sluggisher
  1. comparative form of sluggish: more sluggish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slower, duller, sleepier, lazier, heavier, drowsier, dozier, wearier, draggier, yawnier, logier, drippier, more lethargic, more torpid, more listless, more languid, more languorous, more lifeless, more somnolent, more dopey, more enervated, more slothful, more apathetic, more tired, more indolent, more slumberous, more idle, more passive, more comatose, more unenergetic, more fatigued, more blah, more lumpish, more phlegmatic, more leaden, more lymphatic, more hebetudinous, more asthenic, more neurasthenic, more sluggardly, more bovine, more off, more slow-moving, more laid-back, more inactive, more inert, slacker, more lackadaisical, snoozier, more spiritless … more
sluggishest
  1. superlative form of sluggish: most sluggish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slowest, dullest, sleepiest, laziest, heaviest, drowsiest, doziest, weariest, draggiest, yawniest, logiest, drippiest, most lethargic, most torpid, most listless, most languid, most languorous, most lifeless, most somnolent, most dopey, most enervated, most slothful, most apathetic, most tired, most indolent, most slumberous, most idle, most passive, most comatose, most unenergetic, most fatigued, most blah, most lumpish, most phlegmatic, most leaden, most lymphatic, most hebetudinous, most asthenic, most neurasthenic, most sluggardly, most bovine, most off, most slow-moving, most laid-back, most inactive, most inert, slackest, most lackadaisical, snooziest, most spiritless … more
slugged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of slug
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bashed, belted, hit, hat, hitten, knocked, pounded, punched, slogged, socked, struck, stricken, swatted, thumped, whacked, batted, biffed, bludgeoned, boxed, busted, clipped, clipt, clobbered, clocked, nailed, pasted, popped, slammed, slapped, smacked, smote, smit, smitten, smited, swiped, thwacked, wallopped, walloped, bonked, bopped, bumped, clouted, cracked, flogged, hammered, pelted, rapped, whaled, banged, battered … more
slugging
  1. present participle of slug
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bashing, belting, hitting, knocking, pounding, punching, slogging, socking, striking, swatting, thumping, whacking, batting, biffing, bludgeoning, boxing, busting, clipping, clobbering, clocking, nailing, pasting, popping, slamming, slapping, smacking, smiting, swiping, thwacking, wallopping, walloping, bonking, bopping, bumping, clouting, cracking, flogging, hammering, pelting, rapping, whaling, banging, battering, beating, bobbing, clapping, clubbing, flailing, jabbing, lambasting … more
sluggardised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sluggardise
sluggardising
  1. present participle of sluggardise
sluggardized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sluggardize
sluggardizing
  1. present participle of sluggardize
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