laggardly

laggardly
/lag"euhrd lee/, adv.
1. in the manner of a laggard.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or being a laggard: He behaved in a laggardly fashion.
[1825-35; LAGGARD + -LY]

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