S: (v) slow, slow down, slow up (cause to proceed more slowly) "The illness slowed him down"
Adjective
S: (adj) slow (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"
S: (adj) slow (at a slow tempo) "the band played a slow waltz"
S: (adj) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow (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"
S: (adj) slow ((used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time) "the clock is slow"
S: (adj) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome (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"
S: (adj) dull, slow, sluggish ((of business) not active or brisk) "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
Adverb
S: (adv) slowly, slow, easy, tardily (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"
S: (adv) behind, slow (of timepieces) "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"