slowness
slowness noun: the quality or state of being slow.
Noun
slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)
- The quality or state of being slow.
- Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.2003 April 30, Hazel Muir, “Einstein and Newton showed signs of autism”, in New Scientist, retrieved 15 Nov 2012
- A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
slowness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
slowness in Tamil
- slowness, tardiness, delay
- விளம்பம் viḷampam
- slowness
- மெது metu, மயல் mayal
- slowness, tardiness, sluggishness
- மந்தம் mantam
- slowness, dullness, inactivity
- தாமதம் tāmatam
slowness in Urdu
- آہستگی, ڈھیلا پن, سستی
slowness in Bengali
- slowness, sluggishness
- মন্দতা mondota
- slowness
- মৃদুতা mriduta
slowness in Telugu
- quality of being slow
- మెల్లన mellana
More languagesFewer languages
- slowness in Malayalam
- പ്രവൃത്തിമാന്ദ്യം, മന്ദഗതി, വിളംബനം, സാവധാനത
- slowness in Punjabi
- ਜਿੱਲ੍ਹ jillh, ਧੀਮਾਪਣ dhīmāpaṇ, ਢਿੱਲ ḍhilla
- slowness in Sanskrit
- विलम्ब vilamba
- slowness in Indonesian
- kelambatan
Forms of slowness
| plural | slownesses |
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Origin of slowness
From slow + -ness.
Questions about slowness
- What does slowness mean?
- Slowness means the quality or state of being slow.
- What is slowness in Tamil?
- Slowness in Tamil is விளம்பம் (viḷampam), மெது (metu), மயல் (mayal). See Slowness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is slowness?
- Slowness is a noun.
- What is the plural of slowness?
- The plural of slowness is slownesses.
Words near slowness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: slowness (page history and authors); தாமதம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); slowness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মন্দতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); slowness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਿੱਲ੍ਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); विलम्ब (Sanskrit) (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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