Soon ice settled thickly on the boat, making her ride sluggishly. It was somewhat hard to control as it reacted sluggishly to stick forces. Pupil may be dilated and sluggishly reactive. Secretariat responded more sluggishly than usual and Turcotte went to the whip. Butler and Jeanie grew up together, Jeanie being sluggishly courted by the young Dumbiedikes. Acorn worms move only sluggishly, using ciliary action and peristalsis of the proboscis. Secretariat lost his appetite and acted sluggishly for several days. The waters of the Limpopo flow sluggishly, with considerable silt content. Organocopper complexes in particular react sluggishly in the absence of a Lewis acid. Despite a more than 2-1 numerical advantage, Halleck moved sluggishly. "Halliwell's Film Guide" called it "sluggishly animated and narrated". Whitehead criticized all the vehicles for driving sluggishly and for looking "cheap and fake". Despite government programmes, India's literacy rate increased only "sluggishly".