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
  • The Labor Day holiday at the start of May failed to offset sluggish consumer spending, with Beijing scaling back trade-in subsidies earlier this year.
    Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Kylian Mbappé’s 2026 FIFA World Cup debut started slow and sluggish — and so did the performances from the rest of his teammates.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • In 1943, Shalit headed to the University of Illinois and took a leisurely six years to earn his degree.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • That leisurely pace would lead only to more murder, and more assassinations.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • Dems slow to embrace data center resistance McMillan Cottom suggested that no public officials on the right or the left have perfected their messaging to align with anti-data center sentiments.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
  • Eating a donut earlier in the day is easier on your body than eating it at night when insulin sensitivity and metabolism slow.
    Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 12 June 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 day eases toward dusk in warm, unhurried tones.
    David Dickstein, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
  • That is when careers, parenting and caregiving responsibilities all tend to peak at the same time, leaving little space for the consistent, unhurried hangouts the 11-3-6 rule requires.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 16 June 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
  • The lazy writing doesn’t end there.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 June 2026
  • Rise up in the biggest moments, not on a lazy Tuesday night in Columbus.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026

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“Slowish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowish. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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