If we withdraw the fuel it will still work, but the mixed economy will perform sluggishly, reluctantly and apathetically.
Dialogue in the matter has started, albeit rather sluggishly.
To do so would be a guarantee of our continuing to stagger sluggishly along, straining under excessive economic burdens, as we have been doing recently.
The debate started pretty sluggishly, when people said they did not understand the scheme.
The machine rose very sluggishly and left the ground flying dangerously low.
There may be pipe-lines conveying high explosives under pressure, and there may be others conveying perfectly innocuous substances rather sluggishly along.
I have seen the lovely fresh water of the streams transformed into sluggishly moving rivers, which go their way shamefacedly through the towns.
Unfortunately, we shall join reluctantly, unenthusiastically, sluggishly and grudgingly.
