SLOW

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.

Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.

Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. Milton.

Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard their shore from an expected foe. Dryden.

Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. Prov. xiv. 29.

Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] Dickens. Thackeray.

Slowly. Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow. Shak.

To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Shak.

To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.

A moth. [Obs.] Rom. of R.