sluggishly
意味一覧 (2件)
ゆっくりと
解説 Definition
遅い速度で、活力なく行動することを表す副詞です。動きや反応が緩慢で、だらだらとした状態を示します。
Sluggishly means in a slow, heavy, or low-energy way. It is used for movement, reactions, or progress that happen more slowly than normal. It often suggests tiredness, weakness, or lack of interest.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの「ゆっくりと」は、単に時間をかけるという中立的な遅さとして押さえます。sluggishly には別に「のろのろと」という、重く鈍く進む基本義がありますが、ここでは速度だけをゆるく述べる訳として覚えます。slowly に近い訳になるため、文脈で疲労感や反応の悪さまで読むかを確認すると混同しにくくなります。
Notice the shape: sluggish + -ly. Unlike slowly, sluggishly suggests heaviness and weak response, not just low speed. Remember common pairs like move sluggishly, respond sluggishly, or recover sluggishly.
例文
The traffic moved sluggishly during rush hour.
ラッシュアワー中、交通はゆっくりと流れていました。
The old computer sluggishly loaded the program.
古いコンピュータはプログラムをゆっくりとロードしました。
She sluggishly dragged herself out of bed in the morning.
彼女は朝、ベッドから自分自身をゆっくりと引きずり出しました。
のろのろと
(意味 2)解説 Definition
動きや反応、進み方が重く鈍く、普通より遅い様子を表す副詞です。人が疲れて動く場面、交通や機械、景気回復などが思うように進まない文脈でよく使います。
Sluggishly describes doing something in a heavy, slow, or weak way. It is used when movement, reaction, or progress is slower than normal and lacks energy or quickness. The word often suggests tiredness, poor response, or difficulty moving forward. It can describe people and animals, but also traffic, machines, business, or economic recovery.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sluggishly は形容詞 sluggish「動きが鈍い、だるい」に副詞の -ly が付いた形です。slowly が単に速度の遅さを表すのに対し、sluggishly は重さ、疲れ、反応の悪さを含む「のろのろと」。move sluggishly, respond sluggishly, recover sluggishly のように、人や動物の動作だけでなく、機械・交通・景気にも使えます。
Think of sluggishly as sluggish + -ly. While slowly only means “not fast,” sluggishly adds the feeling of heaviness, tiredness, or poor response. You can use it with people and animals, but also with things like traffic, machines, or the economy: move sluggishly, respond sluggishly, recover sluggishly.
例文
He got out of bed and walked sluggishly to the kitchen.
彼はベッドを出て、台所へのろのろと歩いた。
Traffic moved sluggishly through the city after the accident.
事故のあと、市内の交通はのろのろと進んだ。
The economy recovered sluggishly despite the new policy.
新しい政策にもかかわらず、景気はのろのろと回復した。
sluggishly の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「sluggishly」は sluggish + -ly で、sluggish は中英語 slugge「のろいもの・怠け者」に -ish が付いた形です。語源の核は「重く、だらりと動く感じ」で、slug や sluggard も同根。だから単に遅いのでなく、活力が抜けて鈍く動く様子が見えます。
Sluggishly comes from sluggish plus the adverb ending -ly. Sluggish was formed from Middle English slugge, meaning a slow or lazy person or creature, with the suffix -ish. The root idea is not just slowness, but heavy, lifeless movement; related words include slug and sluggard.
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