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'

(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; the clock is slow'

without speed (`slow is sometimes used informally for `slowly); he spoke slowly; go easy here--the road is slippery; glaciers move tardily; please go slow so I can see the sights

[ Syn: slowly , slowly , slowly , slowly , easy , easy , easy , easy , tardily , tardily , tardily , tardily , slowly , slowly , slowly , slowly , easy , easy , easy , easy , tardily , tardily , tardily , tardily , slowly , slowly , slowly , slowly , easy , easy , easy , easy , tardily , tardily , tardily , tardily , slowly , slowly , slowly , slowly , easy , easy , easy , easy , tardily , tardily , tardily , tardily ]

of timepieces; the clock is almost an hour slow; my watch is running behind

[ Syn: behind , behind , behind , behind , behind , behind , behind , behind ]

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; so dense he never understands anything I say to him; never met anyone quite so dim; although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray; dumb officials make some really dumb decisions; he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse; worked with the slow students

[ Syn: dense , dim , dull , dumb , obtuse ]

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; a boring evening with uninteresting people; the deadening effect of some routine tasks; a dull play; his competent but dull performance; a ho-hum speaker who couldnt capture their attention; what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke; tedious days on the train; the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain; other peoples dreams are dreadfully wearisome

[ Syn: boring , deadening , dull , ho-hum , irksome , tedious , tiresome , wearisome ]

(of business) not active or brisk; business is dull (or slow); a sluggish market

[ Syn: dull , sluggish ]

lose velocity; move more slowly; The car decelerated

[ Syn: decelerate , slow down , slow up , retard ]

become slow or slower; Production slowed

[ Syn: slow down , slow up , slack , slacken ]

cause to proceed more slowly; The illness slowed him down

[ Syn: slow down , slow up ]