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Meanings of slowness in English

Russian
медленность
Spanish
lentitud
Catalan
lentitud
Wikidata

Quality of proceeding slowly.

      Related terms
      медленность
      Spanish
      torpeza

      Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

            torpeza
            Portuguese
            atraso
            Catalan
            retard mental
            Spanish
            retraso

            Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.

                  atraso
                  Portuguese
                  vagarosidade
                  Catalan
                  calma
                  Spanish
                  calma

                  A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.

                        vagarosidade
                        Usage of slowness in English
                        1
                        And that often meant that events moved with an extraordinarily deliberate slowness.
                        The Alchemyst
                        2
                        Perhaps more important was the mere slowness of the diffusion of ideas.
                        The Age of the Reformation
                        3
                        That first part of the long night march moved with maddening slowness.
                        Quest for honour
                        4
                        The market is going through a typical year-end bout of pre-holidy slowness.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        But that low-tech approach might flounder at businesses due to its slowness.
                        Radio NZ
                        6
                        Now he complained to the Duke about the slowness of the task.
                        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
                        7
                        The curtain rose, and with the slowness of life the act proceeded.
                        Hadda Pada
                        8
                        The minutes wore away with agonizing slowness, and still they discovered nothing.
                        The Sword of Shannara
                        9
                        She unconsciously blamed the slowness of the Italian soldier for his injury.
                        Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy
                        10
                        Contrast with this toilsome slowness the speed of the junk bound down-stream.
                        An Australian in China / Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey ...
                        11
                        Everything and everybody in Doctors' Commons seemed the very incarnation of slowness.
                        Charlotte's Inheritance
                        12
                        Swiftness or slowness in duty is very much a matter of habit.
                        Making the Most of Life
                        13
                        Touch that and with majestic slowness and certainty the mighty mass turns.
                        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
                        14
                        As a student he had failed rhetoric simply through slowness of mind.
                        Julian
                        15
                        Their complaints about the slowness and sloppiness of the service were loud.
                        Dayworld Breakup
                        16
                        Occasionally he muttered impatiently to himself at the slowness of his progress.
                        The Slave of the Lamp
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                        Translations for slowness
                        Slowness through the time
                        Slowness across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common