Adjective : a stagnant economy. From Dictionary.com.
My hopes were quickly dashed, though, as the play's first act played out stagnantly. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: Pavement Reunion, Of Montreal, Me, Myself, and I, The Little Foxes, and the Moth] Reference
Garbage confettied the ground, and potholes full of waste water glistened stagnantly. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Edge] Reference
Through the breathless noon in the valleys of Kerak the prisoned air had brooded stagnantly without relief, while the heat sucked the perfume from the flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
I've reconnected with people from the past, spent "bonus" time with family, and established myself in an environment that has, personally, been stagnantly unprogressive since my arrival in my "adult" years. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
Even with 15 years experience, a skier may remain stagnantly intermediate. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
Under Roosevelt, the economy expanded every year of his 4 terms, but the unemployment rate stayed stagnantly high with a rising population. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
It's good to catch up with old friends, but far more rewarding to share new adventures with them than stagnantly reflecting on old victories. From Wordnik.com. [The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy] Reference
Thus the torch of life is passed briskly, with picturesque and stimulating effect, along the manifold race of running ages, instead of smouldering stagnantly forever in the moveless grasp of one. From Wordnik.com. [The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life] Reference
It’s great to realise you need it and even to come up with ideas on how to achieve it, but like everything from weight loss to saving money if you don’t have a tangible way to track and review your goals you might find them sitting stagnantly on your to-do list instead of being achieved. From Wordnik.com. [Use The Day Grid Balancer To Recalibrate Your Work-Life Balance | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Here things go on more stagnantly. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
So long as European vessels were cooped up stagnantly in Canton river, and allowed to trade only under circumstances of great restriction and annoyance, little was effected except by the tea-drinking denizens of Great Britain; but when, by the treaty of Nankin in 1842, Sir Henry Pottinger obtained the opening of the four ports of Amoy, Foo-tchow-foo, Ning-po, and Shang-hae, and stipulated that foreign vessels should be allowed to share with those of England the liberty of trading at those ports, there was a great impetus given to ship-builders and ship-owners: those who had goods to sell, thus found a new market for them; and those who could perform the voyage most quickly, would have a quicker return for their capital. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852] Reference
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