quick vs slow
Definitions
adjective
- performed with little or no delay
- accomplished rapidly and without delay
- easily aroused or excited
- hurried and brief
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
noun
- any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
adverb
- with little or no delay
Examples
The quick touch buttons on the top are not really "touchable," you have to smudge (grind) the button a little to use it.
I have seen far too many people give up too quickly on their programs after a few short weeks.
The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
Definitions
adjective
- (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
- (of business) not active or brisk
- not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- at a slow tempo
verb
- lose velocity; move more slowly
- cause to proceed more slowly
- become slow or slower
adverb
- of timepieces
- without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
Examples
Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose.
A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming:
