laggardly

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We tend to think of southern culture as laggardly, but in fact it yields to no one in this most essential of American traits, its highest virtue.

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  • In short, Steven Wilson makes the likes of Joseph Arthur, Ryan Adams, and Conor Oberst look like laggardly slackers. —  PopMatters
  • The government, facing a growing pressure to take urgent action to stem the British economy's slide, has been increasing its public criticism of laggardly bank lending. —  NYT > Global Home
  • We tend to think of southern culture as laggardly, but in fact it yields to no one in this most essential of American traits, its highest virtue. —  CounterPunch
  • My reference to the laggardly AT&T refers to my impression of the company that I got from a documentary on the history of the development of Cellular / Mobile Telephone Industry. —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • The Post article observes the glacial pace of nominations has been matched by the Senate's laggardly rate of confirmation. —  The Volokh Conspiracy
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