Dronish

Dronish
Dronish Dron"ish, a. Like a drone; indolent; slow. --Burke. -- {Dron"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dron"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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  • dronish — index lifeless (dull), obtuse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • dronish — ˈdrōnish adjective Etymology: drone (I) + ish : like a drone : indolent, slow …   Useful english dictionary

  • dronish — adjective like a drone, slow, sluggish …   Wiktionary

  • dronish — a. Idle, lazy, indolent, sluggish, slow, inactive, drony …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • dronish — dron·ish …   English syllables

  • Dronishly — Dronish Dron ish, a. Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke. {Dron ish*ly}, adv. {Dron ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dronishness — Dronish Dron ish, a. Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke. {Dron ish*ly}, adv. {Dron ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sluggish — Slug gish, 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]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sluggishly — Sluggish Slug gish, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sluggishness — Sluggish Slug gish, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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