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slow study

slow study noun: one who takes a long time to learn or understand things; a slow learner.

Noun

slow study (plural slow studies)

  1. (US, idiomatic) One who takes a long time to learn or understand things; a slow learner.
    • I used to write as slow as judgment; now I write rather fast; but I am still 'a slow study,' and sit along while silent on my eggs. Unconscious thought, there is the only method: macerate your subject, let it boil slow, then take the lid off and look in —and there your stuff is, good or bad.1891 November, Robert Louis Stevenson, Letter to W. Craibe Angus
    • He does it so badly, and he is such a slow study, that I'm afraid the first act will break down if I don't give it some vim; after you are once on, the thing will go and I shan't care a red.1897 August, Charles Egbert Craddock, “The Juggler”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 80, number 478, page 254
    Antonyms:
    quick study
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slow, study.

Examples of slow study in a sentence

  • I was always a slow study, imp, but I made my own decisions.1982, Kasey Michaels, The Belligerent Miss Boynton:
  • Although I'm a very slow study, Annie Dillard's simple observation is beginning to seep in.2017, Vance G. Morgan, Freelance Christianity: Philosophy, Faith, and the Real World, page 68:

Antonyms of slow study

Forms of slow study

pluralslow studies

Questions about slow study

What does slow study mean?
Slow study means one who takes a long time to learn or understand things; a slow learner.
How do you use slow study in a sentence?
I was always a slow study, imp, but I made my own decisions.
What part of speech is slow study?
Slow study is a noun.
What is the plural of slow study?
The plural of slow study is slow studies.

Words near slow study in the dictionary

  1. slow speed control
  2. slow steaming
  3. slow street
  4. slow streets
  5. slow studies
  6. slow study
  7. slow television
  8. slow time
  9. slow times
  10. slow train
  11. slow trains

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