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slower
Overview
of adj
slow
1.
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.
slow
-- (at a
slow
tempo
; "the
band
played
a
slow
waltz
")
3.
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
from
tagged
texts
)
1.
slower
-- (
more
slowly
)
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