slowly

adverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈsləʊli//
United States//ˈsloʊli//
//ˈslaːli//

At a slow pace.

adverb

1
At a slow pace.
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.
When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.

Etymology

From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly; sluggishly”), equivalent to slow + -ly. Compare Old Norse slæliga, sljóliga.

Forms

comparative: slowlier, more slowly
superlative: slowliest, most slowly

slow · Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to…slower · That which slows.slowing · A deceleration; a slowing down.

slowly · At a slow pace.

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