Definition of slow

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

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Schottische :: Schottische (n.) A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise..
Long :: Long (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching..
Costive :: Costive (a.) Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Lingeringly :: Lingeringly (adv.) With delay; slowly; tediously.
Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream..
Unapt :: Unapt (a.) Inapt; slow; dull.
Lent :: Lent (a.) Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats..
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..
Dadle :: Dadle (v. i.) To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly..
Unready :: Unready (a.) Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
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..
Step :: Step (a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely..
Glacier :: Glacier (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland..
Lemur :: Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo..
Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
Measure :: Measure (n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet..
Drawl :: Drawl (v. t.) To utter in a slow, lengthened tone..
Tedious :: Tedious (a.) Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
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