Slowness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry (syn: deliberation)
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities (syn: backwardness, retardation)
Extra examples
The buyers were slow to act, and the house was sold to someone else.
He was a quiet boy who seldom spoke, and some people thought he was a little slow.
Business is slow during the summer.
The first few chapters are slow, but after that it gets better.
My computer is working slow.
...you need to go slow with this experiment, or you'll make mistakes...
The car slowed and gradually came to a stop.
The extra weight slowed the truck.
...victims of the disaster have been keening for weeks about the slowness of governmental aid...
Truth is a weapon so powerful that the slowness of its fruition matters little in the end.
It cools with extreme slowness.
The bureaurats in the state capital are well known for the slowness of their decision-making.
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