Found 4 items, similar to Slower.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: slow
lambat
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: slow
alon-alon, ayal, culas, gagak, gontai, lambat, pelan, perlahan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: slower
slower
adv : more slowly
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Slower
Slow
\Slow\ (sl[=o]), a. [Compar.
Slower (sl[=o]"[~e]r);
superl.
Slowest.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS.
sl[=e]u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl[=e]o
blunt, dull, Icel. sl[=o]r, sl[ae]r, Dan. sl["o]v, Sw.
sl["o]. Cf.
Sloe, and
Sloth.]
1. 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.
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2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
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These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
--Milton.
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3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as,
slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
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Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden.
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4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation;
tardy; inactive.
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He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
--Prov. xiv.
29.
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5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true
time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
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6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of
arts and sciences.
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7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome;
dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray.
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Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for
the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited,
slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.
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Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.]
Slow lemur, or
Slow loris (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian
nocturnal lemurine animal (
Nycticebus tardigradus) about
the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and
deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is
without a tail. Called also
bashful Billy.
Slow match. See under
Match.
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Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull;
inactive.
Usage:
Slow,
Tardy,
Dilatory. Slow is the wider term,
denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of
intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a
habit of delaying the performance of what we know must
be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand;
as, tardy in making up one's acounts.
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