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noun 
  1. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
  2. (music) A slow song.
verb 
  1. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  2. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to delay; to retard; to hinder the progress of.
  3. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: vertragen, ophouden
  • French: ralentir, freiner
    (trans-mid)
adjective 
  1. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed; not rapid or swift; moderate; deliberate.
  2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual.
These changes in the heavens, though , produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. --Milton
  1. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not prompt or quick; not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.
John is very , he is 10 seconds behind everybody else.
  1. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation; tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful; inactive.
He that is to wrath is of great understanding. --Prov. xiv. 29.
  1. behind, Behind in time; indicating a time early, earlier than the true time.
That clock is .
  1. Lacking spirit; boring; dull; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: langzaam, langzame, sloom, slome
  • French: lent , lente
  • German: langsam
  • Italian: tardo , tarda
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation)
  • Spanish: lento
adverb 
  1. (rare) slowly, Slowly (usually in combinations).
Etymology: slaw, slÄw


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