slow Meaning & Definition

Synonyms of Slow

Antonyms of Slow

Slow in a Sentence

a slow train;  a slow computer

Why were you so slow to answer my question?

Turkey should always be cooked in a slow oven.

That clock is slow.

It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.

I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.

slow the process

slow the traffic

That clock is running slow.

I want to dance with you nice and slow.

a slow student

was slow to anger

traffic was slow

he moved with slow deliberation

a slow disease

slow fire

a slow recovery

a slow track

the clock is slow

the first chapter is a bit slow

business was slow

a slow news week

slow a car

production of new cars slowed sharply

because of the holiday, traffic to the beach was particularly slow

slow readers

we love our bulldog though he's a little slower than our German shepherd

a slow day on Wall Street

the first half of the movie is slow, but then it gets exciting

if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon

you need to go slow with this experiment, or you'll make mistakes

business was slow / a slow news week

Word Forms & Grammar

slow·ish adjective

slow·ness noun

slow

slower

slowest

slowish

slowness

slownesses

slowed

slow·ing

slows

slowing

slow (comparative slower, superlative slowest)

slow (third-person singular simple present slows, present participle slowing, simple past and past participle slowed)

slow (plural slows)

Words That Rhyme With Slow

Origin of Slow

Origin 1: Middle English, from Old English slāw; akin to Old High German slēo dull

Origin 2: From Middle English slaw, slow, from Old English slāw (“lazy; inert, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt; dull; exhausted, faint, sluggish, weak, weary; listless, torpid; dim-witted, slow; lazy, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”).

First Known Use

before 12th century

14th century

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