laggardly
In dawdling fashion
Laggardly means slow, sluggish, or falling behind—like a laggard.
The word functions as both adjective and adverb: a laggardly response to the crisis, The project moved laggardly toward completion.
It carries a note of criticism, suggesting someone or something is not keeping proper pace.
Slow and inactive
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
unhurried · lumbering · creeping · tortoise-like · glacial · leaden · poky · dilatory
Inactive and slow
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- languidWeak and without vigor
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- indolentHabitually avoiding exertion
slothful · enervated · phlegmatic · inert · passive · lethargic · drowsy · somnolent
Following behind something
overdue · backward · straggling · late · remiss · delinquent · unpunctual · behindhand
Slow to act
- foot-draggingDeliberate slowness or resistance
- unwillingOpposed to participating
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- disinclinedAverse to acting
unenthusiastic · grudging · half-hearted · recalcitrant · balking · stalling · temporizing · deferring
sluggish
Slow and inactive
snail-paced · unhurried · lumbering · creeping · tortoise-like · glacial · leaden · poky · dilatory · behindhand
torpid
Inactive and slow
- listlessLacking energy or enthusiasm
- languidWeak and without vigor
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
indolent · slothful · enervated · phlegmatic · inert · passive · lethargic · drowsy · somnolent · weary
trailing
Following behind something
tardy · overdue · backward · straggling · late · remiss · delinquent · unpunctual · behindhand · tail-end
hesitant
Slow to act
- foot-draggingDeliberate slowness or resistance
- unwillingOpposed to participating
- resistantWithstanding external forces
disinclined · unenthusiastic · grudging · half-hearted · recalcitrant · balking · stalling · temporizing · deferring · postponing