Definitions for slowly
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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

   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

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   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. Parviz Aghili:

   My feeling is it is going to take a couple of weeks or so before we start to see proper re-engagement. It will be slowly, slowly.

2. Windie Lazenko:

   It's a miracle that things are working out the way that they are, it's not perfect. ... They suffered a lot because of the things that happened in my life, choices I made. I'm not going to say I was a victim 100 percent of the time ... but slowly but surely, my kids are coming around.

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. Christine Lagarde:

   With revenues down, fiscal deficits are only slowly declining, despite significant reforms on both the spending and revenue sides, including the introduction of VAT and excise taxes, this has led to a sharp increase in public debt, from 13 percent of GDP in 2013 to 33 percent in 2018.

5. Brandon Hyde:

   That’s great news for everybody, it means we’re slowly but surely getting back to normal, which is a great feeling.

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