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Adjective: slow (slower,slowest) slow- Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
"a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" - At a slow tempo
"the band played a slow waltz" - Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
"worked with the slow students" - dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse - (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
"the clock is slow" - So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, unamusing, draggy - (of business) not active or brisk
"business is slow" - dull, sluggish Verb: slow slow- Lose velocity; move more slowly
- decelerate, slow down, slow up, retard - Become slow or slower
"Production slowed" - slow down, slow up, slack, slacken - Cause to proceed more slowly
"The illness slowed him down" - slow down, slow up Adverb: slow slow- Without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')
"please go slow so I can see the sights" - slowly, easy, tardily - Of timepieces
"the clock is almost an hour slow" - behind
Sounds like: sloe Derived forms: slows, slowed, slowing, slowest, slower See also: adagio, andante, bumper-to-bumper, dilatory, drawn-out, fastness, gradual, inactive, laggard, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, lazy, lentissimo, lento, long-play, long-playing, moderato, pokey, poky, slower, slowest, slowing, slowly, slow-moving, slowness, sluggish, speed, stupid, sulky, swiftness, unhurried, uninteresting Type of: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen, weaken Antonym: fast Encyclopedia: Slow Slow, Deep and Hard Slow, it goes |