slowness as a noun: - 1
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slowness
noun
1 slowness
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness.
Roget 110:
diuturnity†;
a long time,
a length of time;
an age,
a century,
an eternity;
slowness
etc.
275;
perpetuity
etc.
112;
blue moon,
coon's age [U.S.],
dog's age.
durableness,
durability;
persistence,
endlessness,
lastingness
etc.
adj.†;
continuance,
standing;
permanence
etc.
(stability)
150;
survival,
survivance†;
longevity
etc.
(age)
128;
distance of time.
protraction of time,
prolongation of time,
extension of time;
delay
etc.
(lateness)
133.
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Dutch: linksheid, lompheid, onbeholpenheid, onhandigheid, stijfheid
2 slowness
3 slowness
Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
synonyms: backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, subnormality.
Roget 603:
unwillingness
etc.
adj.;
indisposition,
indisposedness†;
disinclination,
aversation†;
nolleity†,
nolition†;
renitence†,
renitency;
reluctance;
indifference
etc.
866;
backwardness
etc.
adj.;
slowness
etc.
275;
want of alacrity,
want of readiness;
indocility
etc.
(obstinacy)
606†.
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity;
qualms of conscience,
twinge of conscience;
delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fastidiousness
etc.
868.
averseness
etc.
(dislike)
867†;
dissent
etc.
489;
refusal
etc.
764.
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Roget 275:
slowness
etc.
adj.;
languor
etc.
(inactivity)
683;
drawl;
creeping
etc.
v.,
lentor†.
retardation;
slackening
etc.
v.;
delay
etc.
(lateness)
133;
claudication†.
jog trot,
dog trot;
mincing steps;
slow march,
slow time.
slow goer†,
slow coach,
slow back;
lingerer,
loiterer,
sluggard,
tortoise,
snail;
poke [U.S.];
dawdle
etc.
(inactive)
683.
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Dutch: achterlijkheid
Polish: obniżenie poziomu rozwoju intelektualnego, niedorozwój umysłowy, upośledzenie umysłowe, oligofrenia, niepełnosprawność intelektualna
Moby thesaurus: Fabian policy, Micawberism, acedia, afterthought, amble, antipathy, apathy, aridity, asininity, averseness, aversion, backwardness, barrenness, bind, block, blockage, blockishness, bloodlessness, boobishness, boorishness, boredom, bovinity, bureaucratic delay, characterlessness, cloddishness, colorlessness, crassness, crudeness, cursoriness, deadness, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, deliberateness, deliberation, denseness, density, detention, dilatoriness, dim-wittedness, dimness, disagreement, disinclination, dismalness, disobedience, disrelish, dissent, distaste, do-nothingness, dolce far niente, doltishness, double take, drag, dragginess, dragging, dreariness, droop, drowsiness, dryness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, dumbness, duncery, dustiness, effeteness, emptiness, enervation, ennui, ergophobia, etiolation, faineancy, faineantise, fatigue, flatness, flounce, foot-dragging, fractiousness, gait, gallop, grossness, grudging consent, grudgingness, halt, hang-up, hastelessness, heaviness, hebetude, hesitation, hindrance, hitch, hobble, hoboism, hold-off, holdup, hollowness, inactivity, inanimation, inanity, indifference, indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, indolence, inertia, inexcitability, inexertion, infrequence, infrequency, insipidity, insipidness, interim, intractableness, jadedness, jam, jejunity, jog, lack of enthusiasm, lack of zeal, lackadaisicalness, lag, laggardness, lagging, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, laxness, laziness, leadenness, leisureliness, lenitude, lentor, lethargy, lifelessness, limp, listlessness, lock step, logjam, lotus-eating, loutishness, lowness of spirit, lumpishness, lurch, mince, mincing steps, moratorium, mugwump, mutinousness, ninnyism, nolition, oafdom, oafishness, obstinacy, obstruction, obtuseness, occasionalness, opacity, opposition, oscitancy, pace, paddle, paleness, pallor, paperasserie, passivity, pause, perfunctoriness, phlegm, piaffer, pointlessness, pokiness, ponderousness, prance, procrastination, rack, rareness, rarity, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, refractoriness, refusal, relaxedness, reluctance, remissness, renitence, renitency, reprieve, repugnance, resistance, respite, retardance, retardation, roll, satedness, saunter, scarceness, scarcity, scuttle, seldomness, shamble, shiftlessness, shuffle, sidle, simpletonianism, single-foot, slackness, sleepiness, slink, slither, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slow-up, slowdown, sluggishness, solemnity, somnolence, sottishness, sparsity, spiritlessness, spring fever, stagger, stalk, stall, stay, stay of execution, step, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stolidity, stop, stoppage, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stubbornness, stuffiness, stupefaction, stupidity, stupor, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, superficiality, supineness, suspension, swagger, swing, tastelessness, tediousness, temporization, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tie-up, time lag, toddle, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, totter, tread, trot, uncommonness, unenthusiasm, unfrequentness, unhastiness, unhurriedness, uninterestingness, uniqueness, unliveliness, unteachability, unusualness, unwillingness, vagrancy, vapidity, vapidness, velocity, waddle, wait, walk, weariness, woodenness, world-weariness, wrongheadedness, yokelism ... show more.
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