slow

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”

at a slow tempo

• “the band played a slow waltz”

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”

(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

• “the clock is slow”

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”
• “;”
• “- Edmund Burke;”
• “;”
• “- Mark Twain;”
• “s dreams are dreadfully wearisome”

(of business) not active or brisk

• “business is dull (or slow)”
• “a sluggish market”

lose velocity; move more slowly

• “The car decelerated”

become slow or slower

• “Production slowed”

cause to proceed more slowly

• “The illness slowed him down”

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”