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slow
[ sloh ]
adjective
- moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity:
a slow train.
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- characterized by lack of speed:
a slow pace.
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- taking or requiring a comparatively long time for completion:
a slow meal; a slow trip.
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- requiring or taking a long time for growing, changing, or occurring; gradual:
a plant of slow growth.
- made, created, or done in a careful, thorough, or traditional way in order to ensure such benefits as quality, environmental sustainability, or time for mental reflection: What's known as slow journalism is an approach to reporting that avoids superficial headlines and instead focuses on in-depth storytelling and a more considered analysis of events.
Give slow tourism a try as you leisurely explore this charming island, soak in the surrounding nature, and savor local encounters.
What's known as slow journalism is an approach to reporting that avoids superficial headlines and instead focuses on in-depth storytelling and a more considered analysis of events.
- sluggish in nature, disposition, or function.
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- dull of perception or understanding; mentally dull:
a slow child.
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- not prompt, readily disposed, or in haste (usually followed by to or an infinitive):
slow to anger; slow to take offense.
- burning or heating with little speed or intensity, as a fire or an oven.
- slack; not busy:
The market was slow today.
- having some quality that retards speed or causes movement, progress, work, etc., to be accomplished at less than the usual or expected rate of speed: a slow road.
a slow, careful worker;
a slow road.
- running at less than the proper rate of speed or registering less than the proper time, as a clock.
- passing heavily or dragging, as time:
It's been a slow afternoon.
- not progressive; behind the times: a slow town.
- dull, humdrum, uninteresting, or tedious:
What a slow party!
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- Photography. requiring long exposure, as by having a small lens diameter or low film sensitivity:
a slow lens or film.
- (of the surface of a race track) sticky from a fairly recent rain and in the process of drying out.
adverb
- in a slow manner; slowly:
Drive slow.
verb (used with object)
- to make slow or slower (often followed by up or down ).
- to retard; reduce the advancement or progress of:
His illness slowed him at school.
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verb (used without object)
- to become slow or slower; slacken in speed (often followed by up or down ).
slow
/ ²õ±ôəʊ /
adjective
- performed or occurring during a comparatively long interval of time
- lasting a comparatively long time
a slow journey
- characterized by lack of speed
a slow walker
- prenominal adapted to or productive of slow movement
the slow lane of a motorway
- (of a clock, etc) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
- given to or characterized by a leisurely or lazy existence
a slow town
- not readily responsive to stimulation; intellectually unreceptive
a slow mind
- dull or uninteresting
the play was very slow
- not easily aroused
a slow temperament
- lacking promptness or immediacy
a slow answer
- unwilling to perform an action or enter into a state
slow to anger
- behind the times
- (of trade, etc) unproductive; slack
- (of a fire) burning weakly
- (of an oven) cool
- photog requiring a relatively long time of exposure to produce a given density
a slow lens
- sport (of a track, etc) tending to reduce the speed of the ball or the competitors
- cricket (of a bowler, etc) delivering the ball slowly, usually with spin
adverb
- in a manner characterized by lack of speed; slowly
verb
- often foll byup or down to decrease or cause to decrease in speed, efficiency, etc
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±ô´Ç·É²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ²õ±ô´Ç·É±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ±ô´Ç·É·±ô²â adverb
- ²õ±ô´Ç·É·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·²õ±ô´Ç·É adjective
- o·ver·²õ±ô´Ç·É·±ô²â adverb
- o·ver·²õ±ô´Ç·É·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³Ü±ô·³Ù°ù²¹Â·²õ±ô´Ç·É adjective
- ul·tra·²õ±ô´Ç·É·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ±ô´Ç·É adjective
- un·²õ±ô´Ç·É·±ô²â adverb
- un·²õ±ô´Ç·É·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³Ü²Ô·²õ±ô´Ç·Éed adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of slow1
Idioms and Phrases
- mills of the gods grind slowly
- on the uptake, slow
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"That growth has started to slow, so they're now relying on price increases."
A new analysis from UCLA’s Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies authored by Michael Manville and Mott Smith claims that the so-called “mansion tax†has slowed down sales, especially for commercial properties.
Emma Drake, who moved to the area in September, said the road needed to be slowed to stop similar incidents happening.
"It has been slow to emerge but for me it was clear from the beginning," he adds.
Drivers heading into Hull in the early hours of 1 November spotted a young girl stood in the slow lane of the A63 dual carriageway.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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