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slow-like

slow-like adverb: slowly.

Adverb

slow-like (comparative more slow-like, superlative most slow-like)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Slowly.
    • "I Gor to thinkin' 'bout it, days when I was sailin', and wondering if mebbe the Lord wa'n't gettin' folks ready jest the way he did the rocks-rolling 'em over and having 'em pound each other and claw and fight and cool off, slow-like, till bymeby they 'd be good sweet earth and grass and little...1906 May 26, The Publisher's Weekly, number 1791, F. Leypoldt, page 1473

Forms of slow-like

comparativemore slow-like
superlativemost slow-like

Questions about slow-like

What does slow-like mean?
Slow-like means slowly.
What part of speech is slow-like?
Slow-like is an adverb.

Words near slow-like in the dictionary

  1. slow-cooks
  2. slow-down
  3. slow-downs
  4. slow-footed
  5. slow-growing
  6. slow-like
  7. slow-march
  8. slow-marched
  9. slow-marches
  10. slow-marching
  11. slow-mo

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