slow

CEFRA1

/sləʊ/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Moving or happening at a low speed.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

Examples

  • Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.

  • Business is so slow these days.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /slaː/
  • /sloʊ/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

  2. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

  3. Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.

More examples

In context

  • Your watch is ten minutes slow.

  • Turkey should always be cooked in a slow oven.

  • a slow train; a slow computer

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English slaw, slow, from Old English slāw (“lazy; inert, slow”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt; dull; exhausted, faint, sluggish, weak, weary; listless, torpid; dim-witted, slow; lazy, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch slee, sleeuw (“cramped, stiff; blunt; sour”), Danish sløv (“blunt; dull; apathetic, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid; drowsy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted; blunt; jaded”), Norwegian Nynorsk sljo, slø, sløv (“blunt; weak; lazy”), Swedish slö (“dull; lazy, lethargic, slow, sluggish”).