a. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. [ 1913 Webster ]
Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [ R. ] “So sluggish a conceit.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Slug"gish*ly, adv. -- Slug"gish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]