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Meanings of slow in English

Portuguese
lentamente

Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

      lentamente
      Portuguese
      reduzir
      Catalan
      moderar
      Spanish
      demorar

      Lose velocity; move more slowly.

        reduzir
        Portuguese
        lento
        Catalan
        lent
        Spanish
        lento

        Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.

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              lento
              Spanish
              retrasado

              Of timepieces.

                    retrasado
                    Usage of slow in English
                    1
                    The government has been extremely slow to respond to problems, he said.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    As a result, FORM 6 was slow, extremely expensive, and incredibly good.
                    Wired
                    3
                    However, the rate of its rise is likely to slow, they said.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    Police issued a record number of tickets to slow drivers last year.
                    Radio NZ
                    5
                    Its secret nature, however, meant that this information was slow in coming.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    However despite all the clinical results now available, PDT development remains slow.
                    Pubmed
                    7
                    This slow response to the crisis may have led to more deaths.
                    The Guardian
                    8
                    There are signs, however, that the antispam market may slow down soon.
                    Wired
                    9
                    However, economic growth would likely slow, reducing tax income for the Treasury.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    Despite the slow economy, investment in green technology companies is gaining momentum.
                    Reuters
                    11
                    Police were slow to respond to her request for help, she said.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    But potential investors said the process had been painfully slow so far.
                    Reuters
                    13
                    The problem was to slow it down at just the right time.
                    The fantastic inventions of Nikola Tesla
                    14
                    Demand for new power plants will remain slow through 2019, Flannery predicted.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    Communication is slow -users create two to four words per minute.
                    Wired
                    16
                    Others said it often crashed or was slow to respond to changes.
                    BBC
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                    Translations for slow
                    Slow through the time
                    Slow across language varieties
                    Canada
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
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                    Common
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