Definition of "laggardly" [laggardly]

• Resembling a laggard; slow; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind (adjective)
• In the manner of a laggard. (adverb)

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• ""But the country's attitude is very relevant to whether we're gonna - and when we do come out of this - we are seeing signs that we're coming out of the recession right now - as we come out of that recession, do we come out kind of laggardly and kind of just a slow bump which is what people are saying right now."
• "An especially laggardly passage is set at a secret CIA installation, where too many mutants temporarily spoil the froth."
• "That American postmodernists might seem laggardly in their capacity for game-playing and their delight in "incongruity" when compared to a Georges Perec or a Raymond Queneau would no doubt strike certain no-nonsence American readers and critics as outlandish."