Slow, sluggish; reluctant; tedious. Also: †lax, negligent (obsolete). Frequently with to or infinitive; also with genitive or of. Now rare (Englis…

Slow, tardy.

Slow, tardy, late.

Slow, sluggish; slothful, lazy. In early use also: not prompt to do something; reluctant to do something. In later use chiefly U.S. regional (chiefly…

Late; backward; slow, sluggish.

= languishing, adj. (in various senses). Cf. languorous, adj.

Sluggish.

Slow: in various senses. Slow in motion, action, or occurrence; making little progress in a comparatively long time; of slow nature, sluggish.

Late, tardy, dilatory, slow. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Gentle, cautious; slow, tardy.

Of a person: slow or tardy in action; procrastinating, dilatory. Formerly also: †tediously lengthy in writing, long-winded (obsolete). Now rare.

That lingers, delays, loiters, moves slowly, etc.; remaining behind, slow to depart or disappear.

Slow: = tardy, adj. 1a.

figurative. A person or thing likened to a slow-worm, esp. in being dull or sluggish. Obsolete.

= tardy, adj.

That lags; behindhand, lingering, loitering, tardy.

That is as slow as a snail; very sluggish or tardy in motion, progress, etc. Hence as adv.

Marked or characterized by tardiness, slowness, or sluggishness.

Characterized by slowness of progress, etc.; slow, tardy.

Of a thing: slow-moving; weak, lacking force.

Given to or characterized by delay; slow, tardy. Of actions.

Of motion, etc.: Very slow or tardy.

Suffering from or exhibiting weariness or ennui; (of movement) slow or languid. Also: uninteresting. Now somewhat rare.

Lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow. Chiefly of living things, their actions, and attributes. Occasionally of days, time, etc.

Slow, sluggish.

Having the character or spirit of a laggard; hesitant, slow, sluggish.

One who lags or lingers to the very last. Also attributive.

Slow-moving, dawdling; making slow progress; slow-paced.