Толковый словарь английского языка - slow

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slāw; akin to Old High German slēo dull Date: before 12th century 1. mentally dull ; stupid , naturally inert or sluggish, 2. lacking in readiness, promptness, or willingness, not hasty or precipitate , 3. moving, flowing, or proceeding without speed or at less than usual speed , exhibiting or marked by low speed , not acute , low, gentle , requiring a long time ; gradual , having qualities that hinder rapid progress or action , 6. registering behind or below what is correct , less than the time indicated by another method of reckoning, that is behind the time at a specified time or place, 7. lacking in life, animation, or gaiety ; boring , marked by reduced activity , ~ish adjective ~ness noun II. adverb Date: 15th century ~ly, Usage: Some commentators claim that careful writers avoid the adverb ~, in spite of the fact that it has had over four centuries of usage continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes ~er — Shakespeare>. In actual practice, ~ and ~ly are not used in quite the same way. Slow is almost always used with verbs that denote movement or action, and it regularly follows the verb it modifies best cooked long and ~ — Louise Prothro>. Slowly is used before the verb sense of outrage, which ~ly changed to shame — Paul Horgan> and with participial adjectives problem — American Labor>. Slowly is used after verbs where ~ might also be used and after verbs where ~ would be unidiomatic leadership turned ~ly toward bombing as a means of striking back — David Halberstam>. III. verb Date: 1557 transitive verb to make ~ or ~er ; slacken the speed of , intransitive verb to go or become ~er , see: delay