[
UK
/slˈəʊ/
]
[ US /ˈsɫoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫoʊ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
the clock is slow -
(of business) not active or brisk
a sluggish market
business is dull (or slow) -
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
slow but steady growth
he was slow in reacting to the news
the slow lane of traffic
a slow walker
her steps were slow -
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a dull play
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
his competent but dull performance
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
a boring evening with uninteresting people -
at a slow tempo
the band played a slow waltz -
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
worked with the slow students
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
never met anyone quite so dim
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
VERB
-
lose velocity; move more slowly
The car decelerated -
cause to proceed more slowly
The illness slowed him down -
become slow or slower
Production slowed
ADVERB
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of timepieces
my watch is running behind
the clock is almost an hour slow -
without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
please go slow so I can see the sights
glaciers move tardily
he spoke slowly
go easy here--the road is slippery
How To Use slow In A Sentence
- Fructose is absorbed more slowly than glucose and galactose. The Dictionary of Nutritional Health
- 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.’
- He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
- 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: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
- First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
- Lift your feet a few inches off the floor and slowly rock backwards and forwards. Healthy By Nature
- Slowly it drifts down across the sea-curled weeds, the anchored life of the marine world.
- Moving to the rhythm, Jason starting dancing in a slow sexy way; this made Rebecca and Kale hoot and laugh even more.
- The fact that other reports of excess heat do not produce these hydrides and can evolve over days or weeks suggests the opposite condition of starvation where oscillation is delayed and slow but still occurs over time as the atomic gas slowly accumulates the velocities needed to exchange time dilation for energy. Will 2010 be the Year of Zero Point Energy?
- The band finished with a few slow dances.
