slowness
Roget category 275
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Slowness
noun
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.
verb
move slowly
etc.
adv. —
creep,
crawl,
lag,
slug,
drawl,
linger,
loiter,
saunter —
plod,
trudge,
stump along,
lumber —
trail,
drag —
dawdle
etc.
(be inactive)
683 —
grovel,
worm one's way,
steal along —
job on,
rub on,
bundle on —
toddle,
waddle,
wabble†,
slug,
traipse,
slouch,
shuffle,
halt,
hobble,
limp,
caludicate†,
shamble —
flag,
falter,
trotter,
stagger —
mince,
step short —
march in slow time,
march in funeral procession —
take one's time —
hang fire
etc.
(be late)
133.
retard,
relax —
slacken,
check,
moderate,
rein in,
curb —
reef —
strike sail,
shorten sail,
take in sail —
put on the drag,
apply the brake —
clip the wings —
reduce the speed —
slacken speed,
slacken one's pace —
lose ground.
adjective
slow,
slack —
tardy —
dilatory
etc.
(inactive)
683 —
gentle,
easy —
leisurely —
deliberate,
gradual —
insensible,
imperceptible —
glacial,
languid,
sluggish,
slow paced,
tardigrade†,
snail-like —
creeping
etc.
v. —
reptatorial†.
adverb
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.
phrase
dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit [Lat.] —
at a glacial pace.
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