Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.

Etymologies

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sloth +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Honestly, though, I should have been cut, because with my Pillsbury build and slothlike speed, I would have been no match for the rest of the team, even in practice.

    In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

  • Honestly, though, I should have been cut, because with my Pillsbury build and slothlike speed, I would have been no match for the rest of the team, even in practice.

    In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

  • Meanwhile, the slothlike pace of debushification infuriates me....

    Making Light: Open thread 134 2010

  • However, I recently spoke to an expert who confirmed that my slothlike habits aren't the real reason I battle the chubbies.

    Lisa Earle McLeod: Is Your Mind Expanding Your Girth? 2008

  • I won't whine or make excuses, I'll just admit I have been a bit slothlike these last few weeks.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Holly 2008

  • I won't whine or make excuses, I'll just admit I have been a bit slothlike these last few weeks.

    Cue Gene Autry Singing Holly 2008

  • Now are you telling us those canny Yankees can't ace in spades what we slothlike Canucks, and so many others elsewhere, have managed, and come out smelling like roses?

    "quietly imploding" 2005

  • It's a slothlike monster, mid-yawn, that swallows energy whole and leaves me with little desire even to do the things I love.

    newton's first law 2005

  • It's a slothlike monster, mid-yawn, that swallows energy whole and leaves me with little desire even to do the things I love.

    dotting i's, minding p's, q's 2005

  • He slapped another one down, turned, and shuffled slothlike off toward the photocopying machine.

    Fault Line Andrews, Sarah 2002

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