SLOW • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Slow

Slow adj. (compar. slower; superl. slowest)

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.

Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. "These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast."

Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. "Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard their shore from an expected foe."

Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. "He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding."

Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. (Colloq.) Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited, slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.

Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. (Colloq.)

Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zool.), an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about the size of a small cat; so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also bashful Billy.

Slow match. See under Match.

Synonyms: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as, tardy in making up one's acounts.