slow

adj

1. not rapid, snail-like, going at a snail's pace, tortoise-like, slower than molasses in January, crawling, plodding, shuffling; dawdling, lagging, lally-gagging; hesitant, faltering, pausing, hanging back.

2. gradual, moderate, leisurely, unhurried, slow-paced; inchmeal, imperceptible; measured, paced, methodical, deliberate.

3. sluggish, lagging, laggard, sluggardly; dallying, dillydallying, idling; dilatory, procrastinating, postponing, deferring; lackadaisical, indolent, slothful, otiose.

4. dull, unintelligent, witless, slow-witted, dull-witted, stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish; dense, thick-headed, Inf. thick, stupid, Australian Inf. dill, Scot, and North Eng. dowf; backward, doltish, Sl. birdbrained, simple; empty-headed, vacuous; unimaginative, undiscerning.

5. slack, not busy, inactive, unhurried, quiet, peaceful; gentle, easy, unpressured; creeping, crawling.

6. dragging, draggy, protracted, lengthened, spun-out, drawn-out, prolonged, never-ending, interminable, dragged-out.

7. behind the times, unprogressive, conservative, backward, Sl. not with it, Sl. square.

8. dull, uninteresting, tedious, tiresome, boring, bore-some, wearisome, Sl. dead, dry, dry-as-dust; uneventful, humdrum, monotonous, ordinary.

9.Usu. slow to

reluctant, disinclined, unwilling, half-hearted, loath, hesitant, hesitating.

v

10.Often slow up or down

retard, Sl. hang up, delay; detain, hold back, set back, check, hold in check, restrict, restrain; put the brakes on, reduce speed, take it easy, relax.

11.Often slow down

subside, slack, ebb, recede, retrocede; dwindle, peter out; wind down, deescalate; fall off, taper off, wane, fade away, die out.