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slow marches

slow marches is the plural of slow march.

Meaning of slow march

Noun

slow march (plural slow marches)

  1. (sometimes) A controlled walking pace in a deliberate, steady, rhythmic manner.
    • [T]he Rector emerged, erect as a cane, from his garden, and proceeded in slow march, his hands behind him, down the cemetery.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Further Communications on Business”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 72
  2. A march with a relatively slow tempo.
    • Germany's newest song hit was hummed in streetcars, in movie theaters and at political meetings. . . . Its slow march tune was catchy, and its lyrics fitted Berlin's melancholy mood.1946 January 21, “Music: Berlin Hit”, in Time
  3. (broadly, idiomatic) A progression or unfolding of events which occurs in an unhurried, steady, deliberate manner.
    • [S]ome spirits, more audacious than the rest, became restive under the slow march of events.1835, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 12, in The Monikins

Questions about slow marches

What is slow marches the plural of?
Slow marches is the plural of slow march.

Words near slow marches in the dictionary

  1. slow light
  2. slow lights
  3. slow loris
  4. slow lorises
  5. slow march
  6. slow marches
  7. slow match
  8. slow matches
  9. slow motion
  10. slow news day
  11. slow news days

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