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become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
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" bumper-to-bumper, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, lazy, long-play, slow-moving, sluggish
at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" adagio, andante, lento, lentissimo, largo, larghetto, larghissimo, moderato
(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"
lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" inactive
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"
of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
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 mak stupid
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"; uninteresting


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