laggingly

Prosperity came laggingly enough to the Clemens household.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

It was the afternoon of a hot, dusty August day when a worn, travel-stained pilgrim drifted laggingly into the office of the

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

It was April when Patricia came up the stairs, one night, laggingly.

The Shield of Silence George [Illustrator] Loughridge

It was laggingly done; for presently the talk fell into an easier flow, -- a wonder about Mr.. This, and speculation concerning Mr. That.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

She followed laggingly, looking about her with infatuation.

The Judge Rebecca West 1937

Whether with the arrival of a younger and more energetic person she was voluntarily relinquishing her hold on her customary tasks, or whether a sudden collapse of her vitality forced her to do so, Lucy could not determine; nevertheless, it was perfectly apparent that she daily attacked her duties more laggingly and complained less loudly when things were left undone.

The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

` ` Why, '' I said, laggingly, after the silence -- ` ` why did I call the child who used to play with me ` Wee Brown Elspeth '?' '

The White People 1917

Very laggingly from around the piazza corner the girl reappeared.

Little Eve Edgarton Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1915

But John Churchill walked laggingly, with bent head.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 1908

Passing the town-wharf laggingly like the maimed thing she was, limping nearer and nearer the spot whence she had set out three-quarters of an hour before, Mr. Carstairs's _Cypriani_ slowed down at an abandoned private landing -- the same one by which Peter's trunk had been conveyed ashore that morning -- and ran out her stairs.

Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905