Definitions for Slowly
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. slowly, slow, easy, tardilyadverb

   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"

2. lento, slowlyadverb

   in music

   "Play this lento, please"

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1. slowlyadverb

   At a slow pace

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Slowlyadverb

   Etymology: from slow.

   1. Not speedily; not with celerity; not with velocity.

   The gnome rejoicing bears her gift away,
   Spreads his black wings, and slowly mounts to day. Alexander Pope.

   2. Not soon; not early; not in a little time.

   The poor remnant of human seed peopled their country again slowly, by little and little. Francis Bacon.

   Our fathers bent their baneful industry
   To check a monarchy that slowly grew;
   But did not France or Holland’s fate forsee,
   Whose rising pow’r to swift dominion flew. Dryden.

   We oft our slowly growing works impart,
   While images reflect from art to art. Alexander Pope.

   3. Not hastily; not rashly.4. Not promptly; not readily.5. Tardily; sluggishly.

   The chapel of St. Laurence advances so very slowly, that ’tis not impossible but the family of Medicis may be extinct before their burial place is finished. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

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1. Slowly

   Slowly is a 1954 song by Webb Pierce, written by Pierce and Nashville songwriter Tommy Hill (brother of singer Goldie Hill). The song was one of Pierce's more successful singles, spending seventeen weeks at the top of the Country and Western Best Sellers lists and a total of thirty-six weeks in the chart. Beyond its success as a song, "Slowly" was hugely influential in the history of country music, in that it was among the first (and certainly the most successful to date) songs to feature a pedal steel guitar. The song's iconic intro, played by Bud Isaacs, was said to have sent legions of lap steel guitar players scurrying to their closets for wire coat hangers, with which they attempted to modify their existing instruments to get the pitch shifting effect achieved by Isaacs.

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1. slowly

   Slowly is an adverb that describes an action or process happening at a low speed or rate, characterized by a lack of quickness or swiftness. It suggests a gradual or leisurely pace.

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1. Slowlyadverb

   in a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly

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1. Slowly

   Slowly is an EP by UK musician Tom Fox.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Slowly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1264

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Slowly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2729

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Slowly' in Adverbs Frequency: #121

How to pronounce Slowly?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say Slowly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Slowly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Slowly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Slowly in a Sentence

1. Lorne Michaels:

   Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.

2. Bettersten Wade:

   They drove up, pulled him out of the car. He did not have a bandage on his head. There were no abrasions on his head. He just had a stroke, but he was going to get better, he might have been moving slowly to get out of the car.

3. Mark Kantrowitz:

   The growth in education debt outstanding is like cooking a lobster, The increase in total student debt occurs slowly but steadily, so by the time you notice that the water is boiling, you’re already cooked. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/08/09/student-loan-debt-surpasses-credit-cards/

4. Actress Mariska Hargitay:

   The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don’t quit, i’d get an audition and he’d say, ‘How hard are you going to work for it?’ So I pushed myself even when I didn’t feel like pushing myself. I acted confident even when I wasn’t. And slowly… I became more confident. [If you] kick fear to the side, the payoff is huge.

5. Andrea Kremer:

   Honestly, this is trending in the right direction, but you know, it has been slow. I think in some ways things have changed -- it feels like rapidly -- and at the same time it feels like slowly.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Slowly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Slowly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Slowly
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Slowly
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Slowly