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Meanings of slow-witted in English

Retarded in intellectual development.

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Usage of slow-witted in English
1
That wasn't to say he was slow-witted or combative; he was neither.
Jarka Ruus
2
She was, in addition, shy and slow-witted to the verge of stupidity.
Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
3
He asked questions as rapidly as the slow-witted anthropoid could answer them.
The Return of Tarzan
4
Looking back on the problem, I accuse myself of being rather slow-witted.
The Gates of Chance
5
Not even the principal and teachers, slow-witted and provincial as they seemed.
Summer of Night
6
All it did was dull me, make me slow-witted, but not drunk.
Spitting off tall buildings
7
He was lost the moment his slow-witted dæmon hopped onto the monkey's hand.
The golden compass
8
He thought him slow-witted, like an infant in a giant's body.
Night of Knives
9
I had met him before and found him slow-witted and obstinate.
Secrets of the Wolves
10
His character Wally is a foil to the lovable, slow-witted Alvin.
100 New Yorkers of the 1970s
11
The decent, slow-witted, gently devious type of rustic could not live under her.
Romance
12
She looked as if she had been dozing, or else was naturally slow-witted.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
13
Here, you'll go back and get as slow-witted as other ploughboys.
The Spinners
14
We will keep faith with you by becoming very slow-witted when asked about you.
The devil she knows
15
Not, he was sure, because either of them was slow-witted.
Cauldron of Ghosts
16
She stiffened, no longer willing to submit to being treated like some slow-witted child.
The devil wears plaid
Slow-witted through the time