Definition of: slow

(slō) adjective
1. Having relatively small velocity; not quick in motion, performance, or occurrence; not advancing or growing rapidly.
2. Behind the standard time: said of a timepiece.
3. Taking sufficient time; not precipitate or hasty: slow to anger.
4. Dull or tardy in comprehending; mentally sluggish: a slow student.
5. Lacking promptness, spirit, or liveliness; also, colloquially, dull or tedious in character.
6. Denoting a condition of a racetrack that retards the horses' speed, but in less degree than a muddy or heavy track: a slow track.
—v.t.
1. To make slow or slower; cause to go at a slower pace; slacken in speed: often with up or down.
2. To retard; delay.
—v.i.
3. To go or become slow or slower: often with up or down.
—adverb In a slow or cautious manner or speed. ♦ Homophone: sloe. [OE slāw]
—slow′ly adverb
—slow′ness noun Synonyms (adj.): deliberate, dilatory, drowsy, dull, gradual, inactive, inert, lingering, moderate, slack, sluggish, tardy. Tardy is applied to that which is behind the proper or desired time, especially in doing work or arriving at a place; slow applies to that which is a relatively long time in passing from One point to another, or in beginning or executing something. A person is deliberate who takes a noticeably long time to consider and decide before acting, or who acts or speaks as if he were deliberating at every point; a person is dilatory who lays aside, or puts off as long as possible, necessary or required action. Gradual signifies advancing by steps, and refers to slow but regular and sure progression. Slack refers to action that seems to indicate a lack of tension, as of muscle or of will, sluggish to action that seems as if reluctant to advance. See GRADUAL, HEAVY, RELUCTANT, TEDIOUS. Antonyms: see synonyms for IMPETUOUS, NIMBLE.