slow

a. மெதுவான, மந்தமான, காலந்தாழ்த்துகிற, தாமதமான, படிப்படியான, தாமதமாகச் செல்கிற, சுணங்குகிற, கூரறிவற்ற, முட்டாள்தனமான, விருப்பற்ற, கிளர்ச்சியற்ற, எழுச்சியில்லாத, சோர்வூட்டுகிற, நிழற்படக் கண்ணாடிவகையில் சிறு தொளையுடைய, பரப்புவகையில் தாமதத்திற்குக் காரணமாகிற, (வினை.) மௌ஢ளச்செலுத்து, வேகங்குறை, (வினையடை.) மந்தகதியில், மெதுவாக, காலங்கடந்து, தாமதமாக.

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Slow, obs. Defn: imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer. Slow, a. [Compar. Slower; superl. Slowest.] Etym: [OE. slow, slaw, AS. slaw; akin to OS. sl blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl blunt, dull, Icel. sl, sl, Dan. slöv, Sw. slö. Cf. Sloe, and Sloth.] 1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion. 2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late. These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. Milton. 3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow To guard their shore from an expected foe. Dryden. 4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. Prov. xiv. 29. 5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow. 6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences. 7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull. [Colloq.] Dickens. Thackeray. Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited, slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like. Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] -- Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zoöl.), an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also bashful Billy. -- Slow match. See under Match. Syn. -- Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull; inactive. -- Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow is the wider term, denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a habit of delaying the performance of what we know must be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand; as, tardy in making up one's acounts. Slow, adv. Defn: Slowly. Let him have time to mark how slow time goes In time of sorrow. Shak. Slow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slowing.] Defn: To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. Shak. Slow, v. i. Defn: To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge. Slow, n. Defn: A moth. [Obs.] Rom. of R.