4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
Prov. xiv. 29. 5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] Dickens. Thackeray.
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.
Slow coach,
a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] — Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zoöl.), 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.
Syn. — Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. — 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.
Slow
(Slow), adv. Slowly.
Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow.
Shak. Slow
(Slow), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slowing.] To render slow; to slacken the
speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Shak.
Slow
(Slow), v. i. To go slower; — often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
Slow
(Slow), n. A moth. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Slowback
(Slow"back`) n. A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. [Old Slang] Dr. Favour.
Slowh
(Slowh) obs. imp. of Slee,to slay. Chaucer.
Slowhound
(Slow"hound`) n. A sleuthhound. [R.]
Slowly
(Slow"ly), adv. In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
Slowness
(Slow"ness), n. The quality or state of being slow.
Slows
(Slows) n. (Med.) Milk sickness.
Slow-witted
(Slow"-wit`ted) a. Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
Slowworm
(Slow"worm`) n. [AS. slawyrm; the first part is probably akin to sleán to strike, the reptile
being supposed to be very poisonous. See Slay, v. t., and Worm.] (Zoöl.) A lecertilian reptile; the
blindworm.
Slub
(Slub) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; — called also slubbing.
Slub
(Slub), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slubbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbing.] To draw out and twist slightly; —
said of slivers of wool.