slowly
Syllables: slow·ly/ˈsləʊli/
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Northumbria/ˈslaːli/
slowly adverb: at a slow pace.
Adverb
slowly (comparative slowlier or more slowly, superlative slowliest or most slowly)
- 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
- When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.2022 October 8, Julia Horowitz, “How meltdown in a $1 trillion market brought the UK to the brink of a financial crisis”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 May 2024
- Synonyms:
- ponderously, sluggishly, with leaden wings, gradually, litherly, tardily
slowly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
slowly in Hindi
- at a slow pace
- आहिस्ता āhistā, धीरे dhīre, धीरे-धीरे dhīre-dhīre
slowly in Tamil
- at a slow pace
- மெதுவா metuvā
slowly in Marathi
- slowly
- हळू haḷū, धिमे dhime
- slowly, sluggishly
- सावकाश sāvkāś
slowly in Urdu
- at a slow pace
- آہستہ āhistā
More languagesFewer languages
- slowly in Bengali
- আস্তে aste
- slowly in Telugu
- నిదానంగా nidānaṅgā, మెల్లగా mellagā
- slowly in Malayalam
- പതുക്കെ patukke
- slowly in Kannada
- ಮೆಲ್ಲನೆ, ಒಯ್ಯನೆ, ಒಯ್ಯಗೆ, ಆತು
- slowly in Punjabi
- ਹੌਲੀ-ਹੌਲੀ, ਹੌਲੀ ਹੌਲੀ
- slowly in Gujarati
- આસ્તે āste, ઝરમર jharmar
- slowly in Odia
- ଆସ୍ତେ āste, ଧୀରେ dhire
- slowly in Sanskrit
- शनैस् śanais
- slowly in Assamese
- লাহে লাহে lahe lahe, লাহে ধীৰে lahe dhire, ধীৰে ধীৰে dhire dhire
- slowly in Nepali
- बिस्तारै bistārai, बिस्तारो bistāro
- slowly in Pashto
- ورو wro
- slowly in Arabic
- بِبُطْء bi-buṭʔ
- slowly in Malay
- perlahan
- slowly in Indonesian
- pelan-pelan
- slowly in Persian
- آهسته âheste
- slowly in Thai
- ช้าๆ cháa-cháa
- slowly in Vietnamese
- chậm
- slowly in Myanmar
- ဖြည်းဖြည်း hprany:hprany:
Examples of slowly in a sentence
- The fire spread slowly until it caught the eaves of the barn.
- Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.
- Breathe out slowly through your mouth for a count of five.
Synonyms of slowly
Antonyms
Forms of slowly
| comparative | slowlier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more slowly |
| superlative | slowliest |
| superlative | most slowly |
Origin of slowly
From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly; sluggishly”), equivalent to slow + -ly. Compare Old Norse slæliga, sljóliga.
Words formed from slowly
Phrases with slowly
Words that rhyme with slowly
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Questions about slowly
- What does slowly mean?
- Slowly means at a slow pace.
- What is slowly in Hindi?
- Slowly in Hindi is आहिस्ता (āhistā), धीरे (dhīre), धीरे-धीरे (dhīre-dhīre). See Slowly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is slowly?
- Slowly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce slowly?
- Slowly is pronounced /ˈsləʊli/ (UK).
Words near slowly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: slowly (page history and authors); धिमे (Marathi) (page history and authors); আস্তে (Bengali) (page history and authors); slowly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slowly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); આસ્તે (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଆସ୍ତେ (Odia) (page history and authors); बिस्तारै (Nepali) (page history and authors); ورو (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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