slothlike

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English

Etymology

From sloth +‎ -like.

Adjective

slothlike (comparative more slothlike, superlative most slothlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.
    • 2007 July 8, Larry Rohter, “A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?”, in New York Times:
      But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant slothlike monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines of almost all who dwell in the world’s largest rain forest.