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Slow

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Definitions for Slow

verb
lose velocity
Synonyms
decelerate slow down slow up retard
Examples
  1. move more slowly
  2. The car decelerated
verb
become slow or slower
Synonyms
slow down slow up slack slacken
Examples
  1. Production slowed
verb
cause to proceed more slowly
Synonyms
slow down slow up
Examples
  1. The illness slowed him down
adjective
not moving quickly
Examples
  1. taking a comparatively long time
  2. a slow walker
  3. the slow lane of traffic
  4. her steps were slow
  5. he was slow in reacting to the news
  6. slow but steady growth
adjective
at a slow tempo
Examples
  1. the band played a slow waltz
adjective
slow to learn or understand
Synonyms
dense dim dull dumb obtuse
Examples
  1. lacking intellectual acuity
  2. so dense he never understands anything I say to him
  3. never met anyone quite so dim
  4. although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
  5. dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
  6. he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
  7. worked with the slow students
adjective
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Examples
  1. the clock is slow
adjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Synonyms
boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome tedious tiresome wearisome
Examples
  1. a boring evening with uninteresting people
  2. the deadening effect of some routine tasks
  3. a dull play
  4. his competent but dull performance
  5. a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
  6. what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
  7. tedious days on the train
  8. the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
  9. other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
adjective
(of business) not active or brisk
Synonyms
dull sluggish
Examples
  1. business is dull (or slow)
  2. a sluggish market
adverb
without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
Synonyms
slowly easy tardily
Examples
  1. he spoke slowly
  2. go easy here--the road is slippery
  3. glaciers move tardily
  4. please go slow so I can see the sights
adverb
of timepieces
Synonyms
behind
Examples
  1. the clock is almost an hour slow
  2. my watch is running behind

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