Slow
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of business) not active or brisk
"Business is dull (or slow)"
"A sluggish market"
(2) 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"
(3) 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"
(4) At a slow tempo
"The band played a slow waltz"
(5) (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
"The clock is slow"
(6) 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"
adverb
(7) 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"
(8) Of timepieces
"The clock is almost an hour slow"
"My watch is running behind"
verb
(9) Lose velocity; move more slowly
"The car decelerated"
(10) Become slow or slower
"Production slowed"
(11) Cause to proceed more slowly
"The illness slowed him down"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. --Milton
- Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- John is very slow; he is ten seconds behind everybody else when it comes to math.
- Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
- He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. --Prov. xiv. 29.
- Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- That clock is slow.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:slow deliberate; moderate gradual dull-witted dilatory, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish boring, dull