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Slower
/ˈsləʊə/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Slower"
- 1
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.
"a slow train; a slow computer"
- 2
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- 3
Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- 4
Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
- 1
Slowly.
"That clock is running slow."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slower"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| less | (archaic) Lesser; smaller. |
| lesser | Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc. |
| lower | Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. |
| longernoun | One who longs or yearns for something. |
| weaker | (logic) Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter. |
| smaller | small or little relative to something else |
| softer | Easily giving way under pressure. |
| leisurely | Characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried. |
| unhurried | Not hurried; not rushed. |
| sluggish | Slow; having little motion. |
| gradualnoun | Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees |
| languidnoun | Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless. |
| tardynoun | Late; overdue or delayed. |
| pokynoun | (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby. |
| lumberingnoun | The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement. |
| ploddingnoun | Progressing slowly and laboriously. |
| creepingnoun | The act of something that creeps. |
| crawlingnoun | The motion of something that crawls. |
| measured | That has been determined by measurement. |
| deliberateverb | Done on purpose; intentional. |
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