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

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   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. Reinhold Mitterlehner:

   Slowly word will spread among the refugees that individual states do not have a form of invitation policy but are at the limits of their capacity and are carrying out tougher controls and security measures.

2. Najib Balala:

   Tsavo national park is huge. It's almost 19,000 square kilometres. That sanctuary is big so we will slowly be relocating more rhinos in that area.

3. Dorothy Parker:

   I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.

4. The NHC:

   Some slow development of this disturbance is possible during the next few days while it meanders near the coast of Mexico, a tropical depression could form late in the week when the system begins to move slowly northward.

5. Wang Jianlin:

   Sales are highly concentrated in first- and second-tier cities, where 36 top cities account for three-quarters of the total sales value. So the portion from third- and fourth-tier cities is very low. As long as they destock slowly, there is no problem.

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