slowness

noun

slow·​ness

plural -es

: the quality or state of being slow

Word History

Etymology

Middle English slawnes, from slaw slow + -nes -ness

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Rhymes for slowness

• bonis
• bonus
• clonus
• conus
• cronus
• jonas
• lowness
• onus
• tonus
• colonus
• coregonus
• dendroctonus