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slow (adj.)

not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time;

he was slow in reacting to the news

her steps were slow

the slow lane of traffic

slow but steady growth

a slow walker

slow (adj.)

at a slow tempo;

the band played a slow waltz

slow (adj.)

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray;

worked with the slow students

Synonyms: dense / dim / dull / dumb / obtuse

slow (adj.)

(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time;

the clock is slow

slow (adj.)

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain;

Synonyms: boring / deadening / dull / ho-hum / irksome / tedious / tiresome / wearisome

slow (adj.)

(of business) not active or brisk;

business is dull (or slow)

Synonyms: dull / sluggish

slow (v.)

lose velocity; move more slowly;

Synonyms: decelerate / slow down / slow up / retard

slow (v.)

become slow or slower;

Production slowed

Synonyms: slow down / slow up / slack / slacken

slow (v.)

cause to proceed more slowly;

The illness slowed him down

Synonyms: slow down / slow up

slow (adv.)

without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly');

please go slow so I can see the sights

Synonyms: slowly / easy / tardily

slow (adv.)

of timepieces;

the clock is almost an hour slow

Synonyms: behind

From wordnet.princeton.edu

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