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slow [a]

1)	not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"

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bumper-to-bumper dilatory delayed dragging drawn-out gradual lazy long-play slow-moving sluggish unhurried fastness fast

2)	at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz"

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adagio andante lento lentissimo largo larghetto larghissimo moderato music fast

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

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dense dim dull dumb obtuse

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stupid

4)	(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow"

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fast

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

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boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome tedious tiresome wearisome

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uninteresting

6)	(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"

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dull sluggish

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inactive business

slow [r]

1)	without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"

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easy slowly tardily

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colloquialism apace