slow

Adjective

• (of business) not active or brisk
  • business is dull (or slow)
    
  • a sluggish market
    

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  • a boring evening with uninteresting people
    
  • the deadening effect of some routine tasks
    
  • a dull play
    
  • his competent but dull performance
    
  • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
    
  • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke
    
  • tedious days on the train
    
  • the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain
    
  • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
    

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
  • the clock is slow
    

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
  • so dense he never understands anything I say to him
    
  • never met anyone quite so dim
    
  • although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray
    
  • dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
    
  • he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
    
  • worked with the slow students
    

• at a slow tempo
  • the band played a slow waltz
    

• not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
  • a slow walker
    
  • the slow lane of traffic
    
  • her steps were slow
    
  • he was slow in reacting to the news
    
  • slow but steady growth
    

Adverb

• of timepieces
  • the clock is almost an hour slow
    
  • my watch is running behind
    

• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
  • he spoke slowly
    
  • go easy here--the road is slippery
    
  • glaciers move tardily
    
  • please go slow so I can see the sights
    

Verb

• cause to proceed more slowly
  • The illness slowed him down
    

• become slow or slower
  • Production slowed
    

• lose velocity; move more slowly
  • The car decelerated
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dull , sluggish , boring , deadening , ho-hum , irksome , tedious , tiresome , wearisome , dense , dim , dumb , obtuse , behind , slowly , easy , tardily , slow down , slow up , slack , slacken , decelerate , retard
• Antonyms: 
  fast , quickly , rapidly , speedily , chop-chop , apace , accelerate , speed up , speed , quicken