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slowly

  • adverb
  • slow·ly
  • /ˈsləʊli/

At a slow pace.

Synonyms

  • easy

Antonyms

  • quickly
  • rapidly

Related words

  • slowlily
  • slowliness
  • make haste slowly
  • please speak more slowly
  • slowly but surely

Example sentences

  • “Things are slowly getting better, but we're quickly running out of time.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "slāwlīċe" (slowly; sluggishly).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “slowly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.