Quick and Sluggish

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Quick

Quick adjective - Having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation.
Usage example: she's a quick wit, always ready with a pun or joke when the moment calls for one
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Sluggish is an antonym for quick in topics: fast, smart.
Nearby Words: quicken, quickly, quickness, quickie

Sluggish

Sluggish adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome
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Quick is an antonym for sluggish.
Nearby Words: sluggishness, sluggishly
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  • This makes the huge, sluggish greatsword actually safer than the small, quick 1H Sword.
    Source: Video Game / Lord of Arcana
  • The Devastator Heartless in Kingdom Hearts II launches a sluggish homing sphere of energy at the end of a volley of quick projectiles.
    Source: Painfully Slow Projectile
  • Literature / Dune However, when he finds himself in shield-less combat his attacks are sluggish and too slow to draw blood; this is unintentional, but because his defenses and reactions are so quick in comparison the viewing Fremen believe that he is simply toying with his opponent, and comment with disgust.
    Source: Literature / Dune
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