slowness

CEFRA2

/slˈoʊnəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of moving or happening slowly.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

Examples

  • My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain.

  • The railroad isn't to blame for the slowness of the mail.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The quality or state of being slow.

More examples

In context

  • Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.

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The blank of the old computer made waiting for the page to load very frustrating.

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Origin

noun

From slow + -ness.