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slow
adjective as in unhurried, lazy
Strongest matches
easy, gradual, heavy, lackadaisical, leisurely, lethargic, moderate, passive, quiet, reluctant, sluggish, stagnant
Strong matches
crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, disinclined, idle, lagging, loitering, measured, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slack
Weak matches
apathetic, bit-by-bit, dilatory, dreamy, drowsy, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, laggard, leaden, listless, negligent, phlegmatic, ponderous, remiss, sleepy, slothful, slow-moving, snaillike, supine, tardy, torpid, tortoiselike
adjective as in behind, late
Strongest matches
dull, gradual, low, moderate, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tedious, time-consuming
Strong matches
delayed, detained, down, hindered, impeded, lingering, off, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack
Weak matches
backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, dilatory, draggy, inactive, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, overdue, sleepy, tardy, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual
adjective as in unintelligent
verb as in delay, restrict
Strongest matches
abate, curb, curtail, decelerate, decrease, diminish, hinder, impede, lag, lessen, moderate, reduce, relax, retard, slacken, stall, temper
Strong matches
brake, check, choke, detain, loiter, mire, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reef, regulate, stunt
Weak matches
anchor it, back-water, bog down, cut back, cut down, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, hold back, hold up, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, set back, wind down
Example Sentences
The series is the latest indication that though he is closing in on the big 7-0, the 66-year-old Bacon is not slowing down any time soon.
“The Amateur,” in theaters April 11, drops into a dizzying schedule for Fishburne, a strong indicator that although he is marking his 50th anniversary in show business, he shows no sign of slowing down.
Sidewalks would improve, traffic congestion would slow and bike lanes and bus lanes would be upgraded and built.
As well as reducing the line-up, there is a shorter run to the first fence to slow horses down and a reduction in height to one of the fences.
"The irony was a big part of it. I often joke that he absorbs all my slow energy for me, so that I can be as fast as I want," says Nuguse.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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