adjective, adverb, verb
adjective (slower, slowest)
not fast
1 not moving, acting or done quickly; taking a long time; not fast:
a slow driver / walker / reader * Progress was slower than expected. * The country is experiencing slow but steady economic growth. * Collecting data is a painfully slow process. * a slow, lingering death * Oh you're so slow; come on, hurry up! * The slow movement opens with a cello solo. * She gave a slow smile. * Average earnings are rising at their slowest rate for 20 years.
2 not going or allowing you to go at a fast speed:
I missed the fast train and had to get the slow one (= the one that stops at all the stations). * We drove in the slow lane.
with delay
3 ~ to do sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for slow is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does slow appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — slow appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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