slow

Meanings

• lose velocity; move more slowly
• become slow or slower
  • "Production slowed"
• cause to proceed more slowly
  • "The illness slowed him down"
• not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
  • "a slow walker"
  • "the slow lane of traffic"
  • "her steps were slow"
  • "he was slow in reacting to the news"
  • "slow but steady growth"
• at a slow tempo
  • "the band played a slow waltz"
• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray
  • "worked with the slow students"
• (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
  • "the clock is slow"
• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain
• (of business) not active or brisk
  • "business is dull (or slow)"
• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
  • "he spoke slowly"
  • "please go slow so I can see the sights"
• of timepieces
  • "the clock is almost an hour slow"

Synonyms

behind, boring, deadening, decelerate, dense, dim, dull, dumb, easy, ho-hum, irksome, obtuse, retard, slack, slacken, slow down, slow up, slowly, sluggish, tardily, tedious, tiresome, wearisome