slowly

Adverb

Meaning

In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lento slow tardily ponderously sluggishly largo adagio andante increasingly heavily easy gradually piano carefully deliberately
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Antonyms

quickly rapidly swift presto now soon
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Related terms

slow

Phrases with the word

please speak more slowly walk slowly eat slowly move slowly act slowly moving slowly

Examples

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap. Anthony Hopkins

You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length. Carl Friedrich Gauss

The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever. Georg Büchner

Age does not give you good sense, it only makes you go slowly. Finnish Proverb

You will reach your destination even though you travel slowly. Icelandic Proverb

Age does not give sense it only makes one go slowly. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Slowley slowlily slowliness slowly but surely slowmatch slowmo