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slowliest

slowliest is the superlative form of slowly.

Meaning of slowly

Adverb

slowly (comparative slowlier or more slowly, superlative slowliest or most slowly)

  1. At a slow pace.
    • Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about slowliest

What is slowliest the superlative form of?
Slowliest is the superlative form of slowly.

Words near slowliest in the dictionary

  1. Slowjamastani
  2. Slowjamastanis
  3. slowley
  4. Slowleys
  5. slowlier
  6. slowliest
  7. slowlily
  8. slowliness
  9. slowly
  10. slowly but surely
  11. slowmatch

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