slow
adverb/sləʊ/
/sləʊ/
(slower, slowest)
used especially in the comparative and superlative forms, or in compoundsIdioms - at a slow speed synonym slowly
- Could you go a little slower?
- slow-drying paint
- slow-moving traffic
- (North American English) Drive slow!
Which Word? slow / slowlyslow / slowly- Slowly is the usual adverb from the adjective slow:
- She is slowly recovering from the surgery.
- I ate slowly, enjoying every mouthful.
- Slow is sometimes used as an adverb in informal language, on road signs, etc. It can also be used to form compounds:
- Slow. Major road ahead.
- a slow-acting drug
- In the comparative both slower and more slowly are used:
- Can you speak slower/more slowly?
Word OriginOld English slāw ‘slow-witted, sluggish’, of Germanic origin.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See slow in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee slow in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishgo slow (on something)
- to show less enthusiasm for achieving something
- The government is going slow on tax reforms.
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