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Webster 1913 Edition
Slowly
Slow′ly
,adv.
In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slowly
SLOWLY
,adv.
1.
With moderate motion; not rapidly; not with velocity or celerity; as, to walk slowly.2.
Not soon; not early; not in a little time; not with hasty advance; as a country that rises slowly into importance.3.
Not hastily; not rashly; not with precipitation; as, he determines slowly.4.
Not promptly; not readily; as, he learns slowly.5.
Tardily; with slow progress. The building proceeds slowly.Definition 2024
slowly
slowly
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slowly (comparative slowlier or more slowly, superlative slowliest or most slowly)
- (manner) At a slow pace.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
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At a slow pace
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