Slowly.
noun.
A Middle English spelling of slough.
noun.
In zoöl, a sluggish or slow-paced skink, as the slow-worm or blindworm, Anguis fragilis; also, a newt or eft of like character.
To become slow; slacken in speed.
To make slow; delay; retard.
To slacken in speed: as, to slow a locomotive or a steamer: usually with up or down.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; not rapid: as, a slow train; a slow messenger.
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual: as, a slow change; the slow growth of arts.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; used absolutely, not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.
Tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time: as, the clock or watch is slow.
Dull; lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness: used of persons or things: as, the entertainment was very slow.
Synonyms Delaying, lingering, deliberate.
3 and
Heavy, inert, lumpish.
1–4. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow and tardy represent either a fact in external events or an element of character; dilatory only the latter. Dilatory expresses that disposition or habit by which one is once or generally slow to go about what ought to be done. See idle.
noun.
A sluggard.
noun.
A Middle English preterit of slay.