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Meaning of slow in English
Pronunciation
/sloʊ/
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Verb
slow
Definitions
1.
lose velocity
Examples
« move more slowly »
« The car decelerated »
Antonyms
accelerate
speed up
speed
quicken
2.
become slow or slower
Examples
« Production slowed »
3.
cause to proceed more slowly
Examples
« The illness slowed him down »
Classifying Adjective
slow
Definitions
1.
slow to learn or understand
Examples
« lacking intellectual acuity »
« so dense he never understands anything I say to him »
« never met anyone quite so dim »
« although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray »
« dumb officials mak »
Synonyms
stupid
2.
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples
« a boring evening with uninteresting people »
« the deadening effect of some routine tasks »
« a dull play »
« his competent but dull performance »
« a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention; »
Synonyms
uninteresting
3.
(of business) not active or brisk
Examples
« business is dull (or slow) »
« a sluggish market »
Synonyms
inactive
Adverb
slow
Definitions
1.
without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
Examples
« he spoke slowly »
« go easy here--the road is slippery »
« glaciers move tardily »
« please go slow so I can see the sights »
Antonyms
quickly
rapidly
speedily
chop-chop
apace
2.
of timepieces
Examples
« the clock is almost an hour slow »
« my watch is running behind »
Qualitative Adjective
slow
Etymology
Old English slāw ‘slow-witted, sluggish’, of Germanic origin
Definitions
1.
not moving quickly
Examples
« 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 »
Synonyms
bumper-to-bumper
dilatory
laggard
poky
pokey
dragging
drawn-out
lazy
long-play
long-playing
slow-moving
sluggish
Antonyms
fast
2.
at a slow tempo
Examples
« the band played a slow waltz »
Synonyms
adagio
andante
lento
lentissimo
largo
larghetto
larghissimo
moderato
Antonyms
fast
3.
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
Examples
« the clock is slow »
Antonyms
fast