slow (
http://definr.com/slow)
adj 1: 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" [ant:
fast]
2: (music) at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"
[ant:
fast]
3: 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 make some really dumb
decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being
deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
[syn:
dense,
dim,
dull,
dumb,
obtuse]
4: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the
correct time; "the clock is slow" [ant:
fast]
5: 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"; "what an irksome task
the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious
days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"-
Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully
wearisome" [syn:
boring,
deadening,
dull,
ho-hum,
irksome,
tedious,
tiresome,
wearisome]
6: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or
slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn:
dull,
sluggish]
adv 1: without speed; "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is
slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; (`slow' is
sometimes used informally for `slowly' as in "please
go slow; I want to see the sights") [syn:
slowly,
easy,
tardily] [ant:
quickly]
2: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
is running behind" [syn:
behind]
v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn:
decelerate,
slow down,
slow up,
retard] [ant:
accelerate]
2: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn:
slow down,
slow up,
slack,
slacken]
3: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
[syn:
slow down,
slow up]