Definitions for slowly
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1. slowly, slow, easy, tardily(adverb)

   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, slowly(adverb)

   in music

   "Play this lento, please"

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1. slowly(Adverb)

   At a slow pace

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1. Slowly(adverb)

   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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Brandon Fisher:

   We’re taking over 2,000 prayer flags that have been dedicated over the last 5 years in honor of cancer patients locally in the United States to the base camp of Mt. Everest where we ’ll leave them to slowly disintegrate over time, tibetan’s believe if youhang them in the mountain high winds those winds will beat at them and the little threads [ that ] start to unravel from these flags are supposed to be a representation of strength, hope and wellbeing.

2. Mark Rober:

   It's definitely something you don't want to stick your hand in front of, you can see in the video we dropped a hotdog in front of it and we weren't putting it through slowly and it sliced it in half.

3. Bryan Kibler:

   We’re just stealing the language that sanctuary cities use, we wanted to … get across that our Second Amendment rights are slowly being stripped away.

4. Jim Antos:

   Overall, the statement is what we expected: an opportunity missed to restore investor confidence. HSBC may be shrinking slowly but it remains one of the world's most complex banks.

5. Lucille Ball:

   “The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”

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