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slow-witted

slow-witted adjective: lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.

Adjective

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

  1. Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.
    • The ape-man was all attention in an instant. He asked questions as rapidly as the slow-witted anthropoid could answer them.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 199

Synonyms of slow-witted

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Antonyms

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Forms of slow-witted

comparativemore slow-witted
superlativemost slow-witted

Words formed from slow-witted

Questions about slow-witted

What does slow-witted mean?
Slow-witted means lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.
What part of speech is slow-witted?
Slow-witted is an adjective.

Words near slow-witted in the dictionary

  1. slow-walk
  2. slow-walked
  3. slow-walking
  4. slow-walks
  5. slow-wave
  6. slow-witted
  7. slow-wittedly
  8. slow-wittedness
  9. slow-worm
  10. slow-worms
  11. Slowaris

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