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Definition of Slowish
1. somewhat slow [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slowish
Literary usage of Slowish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Izvi︠e︡stīi︠a︡ Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk =: Bulletin de l'Académie (1900)
"554 1887 IX 17 175° 290° Swift, streaks. 577 86 » 22 190 275 Idem. 696 77 X 17
205 219 slowish. 724 76 » 25 33 194 Not swift, bright. ..."
2. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1880)
"355 +18 8 slowish brilliant meteors ; ? 2 fireballs. XI. Sept. 14-21 . ...
In 1877, on Oct. 2-18, an exact radiant-centre of a few small slowish meteors was ..."
3. The Observatory (1886)
"slowish. Seen also in Sept 1884 and 1885. slowish. ... slowish. Heis, 2°+56°,
Sept.-Oct. No. i, 5° SE of y Pegasi, supplied 15 meteors, ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1890)
"Two slowish steps, three or four quicker ones, and a jerk, made with some effort,
describe fairly the bowler's action ; two slowish notes, three or four ..."
5. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"The looms went slowish, and fashions didn't alter quite so fast: I'da best suit
that lasted me six years. Everything was on a lower scale, sir— in point of ..."
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