drag
The time passed draggingly until the train arrived.
He came into the room draggingly and pulled up a chair.
I watched the clock as the seconds crept draggingly by.
He repeated the words slowly and draggingly.
The young woman turned away and walked draggingly towards the church.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Slow and moving slowly
(as) slow as molassesidiom
at a snail's paceidiom
by and byidiom
by degreesidiom
claw your way (somewhere)idiom
float
in ones and twosidiom
inch by inchidiom
infiltrate
infiltration
jog
labour
lag
sluggishly
sluggishness
snail
staged
steadily
struggle
wander