Slowly

Definition: Slowly

Slowly

Adverb

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").

2. In music; "Play this lento, please".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slowly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Slowly

Inactivity

Verb: be inactive; Adjective: do nothing; move slowly; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile.

Lateness

Slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure; ex post facto; sine die.

Leisure

Verb: have leisure; Noun: take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease; repose; move slowly; while away the time; (inaction); be master of one's time, be an idle man.

Slowness

Verb: move slowly; adVerb: creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle; (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire; (be late).

Adverb: slowly; Adjective: leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half speed, under easy sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace; in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings; haud passibus aequis.

Crosswords: Slowly

You go in slowly on the left (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

And a blimp, a big, shiny blimp and it's slowly moving south (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

But now that Martin was settling down to marriage, they were slowly drifting apart (The Creeping Terror; writing credit: Arthur Ross; Robert Silliphant)

It's sinking in slowly now (Night Court; writing credit: Artur Makarov)

I'll do it slowly, so you can watch me better (Dragon Ball Z; writing credit: Chris Forbis; Eric Johnson)

Slowly learning that life is OK. (Take On Me; performing artist: A-ha)

And so it looked like I had to move slowly (Ebony Eyes; performing artist: Bob Welch; writing credit: Bob Welch)

You can see the glow slowly fading from her eyes (Pass You By; performing artist: Boyz II Men)

Another night slowly closes in, (The Flame; performing artist: Cheap Trick; writing credit: Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham)

You're slowly making me pay for things ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child)

While men talk of killing time, slowly time kills men. (references; author: unknown)

Of course, there's now a higher percentage of seatbelt users. The non-users are slowly being killed off. (references; author: unknown)

Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward. (references; author: unknown)

Zithers slither slowly south. (references; author: unknown)

Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

An Elephant Called Slowly (1969)

Angus Slowly Sinking? (1965)

Squeeze Me Slowly (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Bang the Drum Slowly (reference)

• With a horse called George along the Oregon Trail : (go slowly and get there quicker) : a 2000 mile journey on horseback from Gardner, Kansas to The Dalles, Oregon (reference)

• Hasten Slowly (reference)

• Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth (reference)

• Slowly Down the Ganges (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• An Elephant Called Slowly (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Brucella spp. Colony Characteristics: A. Fastidious, usually not visible at 24h. B. Grows slowly on most standard laboratory media (e.g. sheep blood, chocolate and trypticase soy agars). Pinpoint, smooth, entire translucent, non-hemolytic at 48h. Credit: CDC.

Neurosyphilis is a slowly progressive and destructive infection of the brain and spinal cord that occurs in untreated syphilis. Image shows bipolar, elongated microglia or rod cells characteristic of paretic neurosyphilis; Hortega Silver stain; Mag. 950X. Credit: CDC.

The Lambert Glacier in Antarctica is the world's largest glacier. The focal point of this image is an icefall that feeds into the glacier from the vast ice sheet covering the polar plateau. Ice flows like water, albeit much more slowly. Cracks can be seen in this icefall as it bends and twists on its slow-motion descent 1300 feet (400 meters) to the glacier below. Credit: NASA.

This image shows the effect the sediment is having at East Timbalier island. The original footprint of the island is slowly being rebuilt. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Swash zone at Cabretta(?). Looking south. Georgia's coastline is composed of wide, slowly sloping beaches. Wave action is minimal compared to other areas of the East Coast. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Spider crab speaks slowly to a soft coral. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

New orange trees are straightened, staked, and pruned by workers riding only inches above the ground pulled by a slowly moving tractor. The tractor is driven not from the conventional drivers's seat perched high over the rear wheels, but by one of the workers below, using an extra steering wheel and control. Credit: USDA.

A dead, fallen tree slowly dies up in the Parshant National Monument area. Credit: Lynn Chamberlain.

Fires her forward turret's 6"/47 guns at the Viet Cong, while steaming slowly in the South China Sea on an in-shore fire support mission, April 1966. Credit: NAVY.

He began to push it slowly towards the Squirrel Inn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

As we passed the head of the lane that led down to the beach, I noticed a single figure moving slowly along it, seawards

THE PHANTOM SLOWLY, GRAVELY, silently approached

But you don't understand, said Ford, his expression slowly ripening from a little taken abackness into rank incredulity

By degrees, nor very slowly, her handiwork became what would now be termed the fashion

He looked up into the sky, and a tear gathered slowly in his eye.

He bowed and walked quietly out of the room, closing the doors carefully and slowly.

They saw the water move slowly up around it and creep up the bank

At length you slowly raise, pulling hand over hand, some horned pout squeaking and squirming to the upper air.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

AD begins slowly. (references)

Eat and drink slowly. (references)

When sitting, get up slowly. (references)

Business

Bowling centers are slowly growing in number. (references)

Components make their way around China slowly. (references)

This liberalization is underway, albeit slowly. (references)

Children

India

With the adoption of the Persons with Disability Act, a nascent disabled rights movement slowly is raising public awareness of the rights of the disabled. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

Approvals for such permits sometimes were granted very slowly. (references)

Romania

Programs for integrating refugees into society are developing slowly. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

This is slowly changing. (references)

Bulgaria

Such efforts are slowly underway. (references)

Saudi Arabia

These limits are relaxing, but slowly. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

Investigations of past killings and massacres proceeded slowly. (references)

Venezuela

Significant attempts to reform the judicial system continued slowly. (references)

Congo

The Ministry of Justice continued slowly to rehabilitate courthouses during the year. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The NGO pointed out that the total area of land actually reserved for Orang Asli had declined, not increased, since 1990. Surveying and transfer of title apparently has proceeded very slowly; however, during the year, a number of Orang Asli received land titles, and several state governments announced that land was being set aside for Orang Asli. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

Better education and higher levels of prosperity, especially in the Kathmandu Valley, slowly are reducing caste distinctions and increasing opportunities for lower socioeconomic groups. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

The negotiations, however, are proceeding slowly. (references)

Political Rights

Korea

Because of cultural traditions and discrimination, women occupy few important positions in government, although this is slowly changing. (references)

Trade

Colombia

Venezuela has also been implementing the CET while Bolivia and Ecuador have been slowly coming on board. (references)

Costa Rica

Central Bank policy is to bring down real interest rates slowly and reduce the spread between deposit and loan rates. (references)

Travel

Chad

Renovations have proceeded slowly. (references)

Czech Rep

Start slowly by building a few good relationships. (references)

Latvia

Latvian main roads are slowly being upgraded after years of little or no maintenance. (references)

Women

Mali

There has been some public dissemination of information in urban areas, but the program has developed slowly. (references)

Kenya

Women have difficulty moving into nontraditional fields, are promoted more slowly than men, and bear the brunt of layoffs. (references)

Samoa

The traditional subordinate role of women is changing, albeit slowly, especially in the more conservative parts of society. (references)

Worker Rights

Bulgaria

Prevailing public attitudes often stigmatize victims, although there are some signs that this may be changing slowly. (references)

Moldova

The Government has taken some steps to prevent the trafficking of women or to assist victims and only is beginning to address the problem slowly. (references)

Belize

Banana farm owners slowly continue to move the housing they provide for their workers away from the fields where poisonous pesticides are sprayed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "slowly": convalescent slowly ♦ growing slowly ♦ slowly but surely ♦ slowly developing ♦ slowly in transitu ♦ speak slowly please! ♦ stir slowly ♦ talk slowly please! ♦ the operations move slowly ♦ understand slowly ♦ very slowly ♦ walk slowly. Additional references.

Beginning with "slowly": slowly-growing, slowly-moving, slowly-responding, slowly-rotating, slowly-run, slowly-sinking, slowly-varying.

Ending with "slowly": ever-so-slowly, haste-slowly, make-haste-slowly, over-slowly.

Afrikaans

stadiger (more slowly). (various references)

Albanian

ngadalë (deliberately, doggo, gradually, noiselessly, slow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏رويدا رويدا (bit by bit, quietly), ‏بتمهل, ‏بأناة (advisedly, patiently, with self-possession), ‏ببطء (go slow, heavily, lingeringly, slow, tardily). (various references)

Basque

polikiago (more slowly). (various references)

Breton

goustadikoc'h (more slowly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

бавно (deliberately, leisurely, piano, slow), полека (gently, gradually, lightly, quietly, softly). (various references)

Chinese 

緩緩 (little by little, unhurriedly), 慢慢, 徐徐 (gently). (various references)

Czech

pomalu (at a slow pace, little by little, not fast). (various references)

Danish

langsomt (leasurely). (various references)

Dutch

langzaam (adagio, leasurely, slow), zachtjes (carefully, gently, leasurely, lightly). (various references)

Esperanto

malrapide (leasurely). (various references)

Estonian

aeglasemalt (more slowly). (various references)

Faeroese

spakuliga (leasurely), seint (leasurely). (various references)

Finnish

vitkalleen (tardily), verkalleen (at a slow rate, leisurely, slow), hitain askelin (at a slow pace), hitaasti, hiljalleen (at a leisurely pace, without hurrying), hiljakseen (at a leisurely pace, without hurrying), harvakseen (at long intervals, now and then, one by one), harvaan. (various references)

Flemish

trager (more slowly). (various references)

French

lentement (slow). (various references)

French Canadian

doucement. (various references)

Galician

despacio. (various references)

German

langsam (about time, adagio, dilatory, dull, laggard, lazy, lingering, slow, sluggish, tardily, tardy). (various references)

Greek 

σιγά (gently), αργά (largo, late). (various references)

Guarani

mbeguemive (a little bit more slowly). (various references)

Haitian Creole

dousman. (various references)

Hawaiian

dalngadalë (leasurely). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאט (noiselessly, slow). (various references)

Hungarian

lassan (adagio, at a slow pace, easy, inchmeal, leisurely, slow, sullenly). (various references)

Indonesian

perlahan (slow), alon-alon. (various references)

Italian

lentamente (slow). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

緩々 (leisurely, very loose), 漸次 (gradually, little by little), 徐々に (gradually, little by little, quietly, steadily), 徐ろに (gently). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもむろに (gently), ぜんじ (complete recovery, good deed, good thing, gradually, healing, little by little), しずしず (dejectedly, in low spirits, quietly, sadly), ぐずぐず (hesitatingly, tardily), そろそろ (gradually, quietly, soon, steadily), のぞのぞ (sluggishly), のそのそ , のろのろ (sluggishly), ゆっくり (at ease), ゆるゆる (leisurely, very loose), じょじょに (gradually, little by little, quietly, steadily), じょじょ (gradually, quietly, soon, steadily). (various references)

Korean 

느리게 (Creepingly). (various references)

Luganda

mpolampola. (various references)

Luxembourgish

lues. (various references)

Malagasy

miadana. (various references)

Manx

dy moal (beggarly, deliberately, faintly, poorly). (various references)

Norwegian

saktere (more slowly). (various references)

Occitan

lentament, dapasset. (various references)

Pidgin English

small (small). (various references)

Pig Latin

owlyslay.(various references)

Portuguese

lentamente (heavily, inchmeal, slow). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

devagar. (various references)

Quechua

alliyllamanta (slowly andcarefully). (various references)

Romanian

încet (at a slow pace, dawdling, dead alive, deliberate, dilatory, dull, dull-headed, easy, faint, gentle, hist, lagging, lazily, lazy, leasurely, leisurely, lingering, low, slack, slow, slow but steady, sluggish, soft, still, tardy, time-taking, weak). (various references)

Russian 

медленно (deliberately, heavily, leasurely, slow). (various references)

Scottish

màm (a handful, hill of a round, large round hill, slowly rising form, the full of the two hands of any). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sporo (slow), polako (slow, softly), polagano, natenane (gingerly, leisurely), lagano (gently, leisurely). (various references)

Somali

qunyar. (various references)

Sotho

butle. (various references)

Spanish

lentamente (inchmeal, slow), despacio (gently, inching, inchmeal, slow, steady). (various references)

Swahili

polepole. (various references)

Swedish

sakta (carefully, gentle, gently, hush, low, slacken, slow). (various references)

Tagalog

madálang (leasurely). (various references)

Tswana

bonya. (various references)

Turkish

yavaşça (gingerly, in quiet, quietly, soft, stepwise), yavaş yavaş (at leisure, bit by bit, by inches, by slow degrees, by stages, inch by inch, leisurely, little by little), yavaş (gingerly, languishing, largo, leisurely, lingering, not fast, poco, slow, slowspeed, tardy), ağır ağır, ağır (arduous, back breaking, badly, bovine, burdensome, contemptuous, cumbersome, cumbrous, deep, deliberate, dignified, drudging, dull, fabian, foul, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, heavily, heavy, hefty, indigestible, languid, lazy, lumbering, massive, measured, muzzy, not fast, onerous, oppressive, plodding, ponderous, repressive, rich, scorching, scornful, serious, serious minded, seriously, severe, severely, sharp, slack, slashing, slow, slow moving, sluggish, smashing, stodgy, strenuous, strong, swingeing, toilful, toilsome, unwholesome, unwieldy, weighty). (various references)

Turkmen 

яuwaю (quiet, slow), haяal (slow). (various references)

Ukrainian

тихо (hush, low, quietly, shush, silently, small, stilly), повільно (inchmeal, slow). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chậm (dilatory, slow), chầm chậm (latish, set, slow). (various references)

lente. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Slowly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scowly, slewy, Stoway. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: lowly, yowls.

-2 letters: lows, owls, slow, yowl, yows.

-3 letters: low, owl, sly, sol, sow, soy, wos, yow.

-4 letters: lo, os, ow, oy, so, wo, yo.

+1 letter: sallowy, yellows.

+2 letters: blowsily, flyblows, owlishly, rollways, sallowly, sowbelly, tollways.

+3 letters: gollywogs, pollywogs, shallowly, wolfishly, yellowest, yellowish.

+4 letters: clownishly, scowlingly, wordlessly, yellowfins, yellowlegs.

+5 letters: playfellows, powerlessly, sorrowfully, wholesomely, worthlessly, yellowtails, yellowwares, yellowwoods, yokefellows.