Definition of slow

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Slow (superl.) Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

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Adagio :: Adagio (a. & adv.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..
Snail-paced :: Snail-paced (a.) Slow-moving, like a snail..
Osmose :: Osmose (n.) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion..
Lazy :: Lazy (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream..
Gaited :: Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited..
Drawl :: Drawl (v. t.) To utter in a slow, lengthened tone..
Slow :: Slow (n.) A moth.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..
Deliberate :: Deliberate (a.) Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor..
Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..
Tardigrada :: Tardigrada (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book..
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.
Ritardando :: Ritardando (a.) Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Squib :: Squib (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
Foreslow :: Foreslow (v. i.) To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i..
After-witted :: After-witted (a.) Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens..
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