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(a) 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"
(a) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
(a) (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"
(r) 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"
(r) of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
(s) 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 mak
(s) 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";
(s) (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
(v) lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
(v) become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
(v) cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"

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