slowly
adverb
1 slowly
Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'):
— He spoke slowly.
synonyms: easy, slow, tardily.
Roget 133:
late;
lateward†,
backward;
late in the day;
at sunset,
at the eleventh hour,
at length,
at last;
ultimately;
after time,
behind time,
after the deadline;
too late;
too late for
etc.
135.
slowly,
leisurely,
deliberately,
at one's leisure;
ex post facto;
sine die.
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Roget 275:
slowly
etc.
adj.;
leisurely;
piano,
adagio;
largo,
larghetto;
at half speed,
under easy sail;
at a foots pace,
at a snail's pace,
at a funeral pace;
in slow time,
with mincing steps,
with clipped wings;
haud passibus aequis [Lat.]
[Vergil].
gradually
etc.
adj.;
gradatim [Lat.];
by degrees,
by slow degrees,
by inches,
by little and little;
step by step,
one step at a time;
inch by inch,
bit by bit,
little by little,
seriatim;
consecutively.
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2 slowly
Moby thesaurus: aridly, barrenly, bit by bit, bloodlessly, by degrees, by inches, by inchmeal, by slow degrees, cautiously, circumspectly, colorlessly, crawlingly, creepingly, degreewise, deliberately, dilatorily, dismally, draggily, drearily, drearisomely, drop by drop, dryly, dully, dustily, easily, effetely, emptily, falteringly, gently, gradatim, grade by grade, gradually, haltingly, heavily, hollowly, idly, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion, in slow tempo, inanely, inch by inch, inchmeal, indolently, insipidly, jejunely, lackadaisically, languidly, languorously, leisurely, lifelessly, limpingly, lingeringly, little by little, loiteringly, moderately, pallidly, ploddingly, pointlessly, pokily, pokingly, ponderously, relaxedly, reluctantly, slow, sluggishly, spiritlessly, step by step, stodgily, stuffily, superficially, tardily, tarryingly, tastelessly, tediously, tentatively, under easy sail, unhurriedly, uninterestingly, vapidly, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation ... show more.
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