Slow

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A moth. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.

2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. Milton.

3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard their shore from an expected foe. Dryden.

4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. Prov. xiv. 29.

5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] Dickens. Thackeray.

Synonyms: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as, tardy in making up one's acounts.

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

Slowly. Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow. Shak.