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English
Etymology
From dragging + -ly.
Adverb
draggingly (comparative more draggingly, superlative most draggingly)
- In a way that drags; with a dragging motion.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 133, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:"The harpoon," said Ahab, half way rising, and draggingly leaning on one bended arm — "is it safe?"
- Slowly; with reluctance, or as if held back.
1913, Primary Education: Volume 20:The children began to sing draggingly. Half a dozen carried the first verse through alone.