as in cautiously
at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected
walked slowly toward the ringing phone
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Recent Examples of slowly
The decline grew to 23 cents on April 15 but then shrank slowly to about 14 cents in mid-May.
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Efforts to restore electricity are currently underway across the island, with reports indicating that power is slowly returning to some areas.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Math and reading scores are still falling short of pre-pandemic levels, although math scores are slowly rising.
—Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
The authorities moved slowly, at first.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Efforts to restore electricity are currently underway across the island, with reports indicating that power is slowly returning to some areas.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Math and reading scores are still falling short of pre-pandemic levels, although math scores are slowly rising.
—Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
The authorities moved slowly, at first.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for slowly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slowly
Adverb
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Principe also remains cautiously hopeful.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Neighbors declined comment, saying in the daylight, the area is not a high-risk intersection, and most people drive cautiously with a church, a funeral home and a school nearby.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Centering on twin brothers on the run from Chicago with the hopes of opening a juke joint in their hometown in Mississippi, the story soon reveals a greater evil, unfolding into a gothic, slow-burning, claustrophobic vampire tale.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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Albritton focused mostly on the Senate acting as a stabilizing force, describing it as a patient — if slow-moving — legislative body.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Lincoln-Way East started sluggishly, to say the least, and trailed 7-4 after one quarter before Brown entered the game and scored seven points in the second quarter.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Cold weather slows the chemical reactions in these batteries, with the lithium ions moving more sluggishly through the electrolyte liquid.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The administration’s casual approach raises doubts about how carefully this consequential decision was considered.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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The film unfolds through poetic and carefully composed images of the girls journeying through the mountainous landscape – an environment that reflects the girls’ inner world, according to Chen, capturing that fragile moment before childhood gives way to adulthood.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Slowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowly. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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