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Slow
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
(2):
(superl.) Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
(3):
(adv.) Slowly.
(4):
(superl.) Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
(5):
imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
(6):
(superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
(7):
(superl.) Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
(8):
(superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
(9):
(superl.) Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
(10):
(superl.) Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
(11):
(v. i.) To go slower; - often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
(12):
(n.) A moth.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slow'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/slow.html. 1828.
