SLOW — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
slow
Lose velocity; move more slowly.
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- The car decelerated.
Become slow or slower.
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- Production slowed.
Cause to proceed more slowly.
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- The illness slowed him down.
(of business) not active or brisk.
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- Business is dull (or slow).
- A sluggish market.
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
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- 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.
Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.
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- A slow walker.
- The slow lane of traffic.
- Her steps were slow.
- He was slow in reacting to the news.
- Slow but steady growth.
At a slow tempo.
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- The band played a slow waltz.
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time.
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- The clock is slow.
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
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- 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.
Without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly').
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- He spoke slowly.
- Go easy here--the road is slippery.
- Glaciers move tardily.
- Please go slow so I can see the sights.
Of timepieces.
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- The clock is almost an hour slow.
- My watch is running behind.
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