Like a snail's pace
Publish date: 2024-06-23
| • | imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. |
| • | Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion. |
| • | Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. |
| • | Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. |
| • | Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. |
| • | Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow. |
| • | Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences. |
| • | Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. |
| • | Slowly. |
| • | To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. |
| • | To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. |
| • | A moth. |
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