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snail-paced

snail-paced adjective: moving very slowly, at a snail's pace.

Adjective

snail-paced (not comparable)

  1. Moving very slowly, at a snail's pace.

Questions about snail-paced

What does snail-paced mean?
Snail-paced means moving very slowly, at a snail's pace.
What part of speech is snail-paced?
Snail-paced is an adjective.

Words near snail-paced in the dictionary

  1. snail trefoil
  2. snail trefoils
  3. snail vine
  4. snail's pace
  5. snail-mail
  6. snail-paced
  7. snail-sense feminism
  8. snail-shell
  9. snail-shells
  10. snail-wheel
  11. snail-wheels

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