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Overview of adj slow The adj slow has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (23) slow -- (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") 2. (3) slow -- ((music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz") 3. (1) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow -- (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") 4. slow -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow") 5. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (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 couldn't 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 people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome") 6. dull, slow, sluggish -- ((of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market") Overview of adv slower The adv slower has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. slower -- (more slowly) Antonyms of adj slow 6 senses of slow Sense 1 slow (vs. fast) fast (vs. slow) => accelerated => accelerating => alacritous => blistering, hot, red-hot => double-quick => express => fleet, swift => hastening => high-speed, high-velocity => high-speed => hot => hurrying, scurrying => immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway => instantaneous, instant(postnominal) => meteoric => quick, speedy => rapid => speeding => rapid, speedy => winged Sense 2 slow (vs. fast) fast (vs. slow) => allegro => allegretto => andantino => presto => prestissimo => vivace Sense 3 dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart Sense 4 slow (vs. fast) fast (vs. slow) Sense 5 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting Sense 6 dull, slow, sluggish INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active Similarity of adj slow 6 senses of slow Sense 1 slow (vs. fast) => bumper-to-bumper, crawling => dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey => dragging => drawling, drawn-out => lazy => long-play, long-playing => slow-moving => sluggish Also See-> delayed#1; gradual#1; unhurried#1 Sense 2 slow (vs. fast) => adagio => andante => lento => lentissimo => largo => larghetto => larghissimo => moderato Sense 3 dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow => stupid (vs. smart) Sense 4 slow (vs. fast) Sense 5 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome => uninteresting (vs. interesting) Sense 6 dull, slow, sluggish => inactive (vs. active) Attributes of adj slow 1 of 6 senses of slow Sense 1 slow (vs. fast) => speed, swiftness, fastness Familiarity of adj slow slow used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj slow slow slow-moving slow-witted slowgoing Overview of adj slow The adj slow has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (23) slow -- (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") 2. (3) slow -- ((music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz") 3. (1) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow -- (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") 4. slow -- ((used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow") 5. boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (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 couldn't 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 people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome") 6. dull, slow, sluggish -- ((of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market") Overview of adv slower The adv slower has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. slower -- (more slowly)
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