slowish

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Recent Examples of slowish Outside of slowish feet, Suniev is the complete package as a player. Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Yadav and Rohit Sharma combined for 53 off 40 balls but the slowish Delhi pitch didn’t allow the Mumbai stars to run away. ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowish
Adjective
  • Home sales in the Sacramento region rebounded in March, with Sacramento County showing an 18% rise over February, while sales remained sluggish across California, experts said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Stocks were drifting higher following an initial sluggish start to the week.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Director Gay has sculpted a staging that is faithful to a more leisurely 19th-century storytelling style, yet satisfies modern audiences’ constant craving for stimulation.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Evenings brought cocktail hours, nightly presentations about the next day’s destination, and leisurely dinners, followed by time in the lounge.
    Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • He is limited on passing downs and is more of a slow-burn pocket pusher than a man with a plan.
    Tobias Bass, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In some cases, lenders may cover the costs of buydown for you (either partially or in full), if the market is particularly slow.
    Aly J Yale, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The lagging percentage of women film directors last year is a clear sign that the industry is going backward, said Kirsten Schaffer, chief executive of WIF, which advocates for women in Hollywood.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The United States typically experiences the lagging edge of Latin American displacement waves.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The service The hotel staff is young, friendly, and unhurried.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
  • For the kind of traveler who gravitates toward local food scenes, independent businesses and unhurried experiences, a drizzly Seattle day is actually a gift.
    Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The rearmost port supports the 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard, while the forward-most port supports the poky, retro 480Mbps USB 2.0 standard.
    Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The region’s pokey residential construction pace is a big factor.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The warmth of the film—shot on location in Positano, Italy—only adds to its creeping, sexy menace.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The overall effect is one of decadence laced with a creeping sense of horror.
    Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Giants third base coach Hector Borg waved Lee home, trying to take advantage of the wet conditions and a lazy throw back to the infield, but the Dodgers nabbed Lee with feet to spare.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That film felt rushed, inconsistent, and lazy.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Slowish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowish. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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