Definition of slowly
: in a slow manner : not quickly, fast, early, rashly, or readily
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slow vs. slowly
Some commentators claim that careful writers avoid the adverb slow, in spite of the fact that it has had over four centuries of usage.
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- have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower
- —William Shakespeare
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- beans … are best cooked long and slow
- —Louise Prothro
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- a sense of outrage, which slowly changed to shame
- —Paul Horgan
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- a slowly dawning awareness … of the problem
- —Amer. Labor
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- burn slow or slowly
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- the leadership turned slowly toward bombing as a means of striking back
- —David Halberstam
Examples of slowly in a Sentence
Things are slowly getting better.
walked slowly toward the ringing phone
Recent Examples of slowly from the Web
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As usual the golf game slowly went south, and my attention turned to the birds.
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Thankfully, campaign mailers are slowly going the way of landlines and the Yellow Pages.
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Civilian vehicles destroyed and abandoned throughout the Old City are slowly being collected and stand as a quiet, rusting symbol of the terrible fighting.
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But there's a genuine risk that Broadway is slowly being priced out of the range of all but high-income consumers.
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Elsewhere in the travel space, the trend seems to be (slowly) catching on.
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The Santa Fe school district will close its schools Monday and Tuesday, officials said -- but students and staff are slowly being allowed to collect their belongings from part of the high school.
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And the Marlins slowly but surely have been winning series.
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Over the last month, people of color have had the police called on them for: ▪ Playing golf too slowly while black.
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First Known Use of slowly
13th century
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