Definitions for slowly
slow·ly

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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

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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. 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

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. James A. Froude:

   Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

2. Charles Mackay:

   Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

3. Giri Cherukuri:

   The consensus is that the Fed is going to raise rates pretty slowly and that the economy will be able to absorb those rate hikes.

4. Abhishek Shukla:

   Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   When a share priced Rs.100 moves with price 20 steps up and down , then it is better to come out of it and sell the stock completely as it is slidind downward and mostly its downfall is not realised by traders. Classic example today can be seen in NALCO shares which has come down from Rs.130 to Rs.80 in just 2 months by slithering and slowly . Market fools this way only. Averaging has brought traders loss only. NEVER BUY WHEN CHART SHOWS DOWNWARD TREND no matter how much it has fallen

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