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Definition of Slowly
1. Adverb. Without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly'). "Please go slow so I can see the sights"
2. Adverb. In music. "Play this lento, please"
Definition of Slowly
1. adv. In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
Definition of Slowly
1. Adverb. At a slow pace ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slowly
1. in a slow manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slowly
Literary usage of Slowly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... slowly and threateningly rising. ... slowly compels him to reseat himself and
speaks slowly and deliberately. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Man was evolved from lower animals and his skill in making stone implements was
acquired slowly and 'laboriously. Because the ability to design and shape ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The rocks indicate generally a period of tranquil change, the ocean slowly
advancing over the sinking continent and islands, just as one may see it to-day ..."
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