slowly

Definition

  • adverb: in a slow way or at a low speed
  • adverb: in a slow manner
  • synonyms: moderately, tardly

Examples

  • We're getting the work done, 'slowly but surely'.

  • Things are 'slowly' getting better.

  • working/talking/moving 'slowly'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Easy for you to say. What do you mean? You never doubt yourself or think you're less than you are. Thank you, brother. Come here. Open it slowly. Slowly. Hey, just take it slow. Slow, okay? I wouldn't have trusted him with a normal thermos. He seems okay. (..)
    2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
  • (..) to get him what he wants. And that would be what, exactly? Our annihilation, Ms. La Rue. Our annihilation. How's the antidote coming? Slowly. I know this probably isn't the best time... but there's something I have to ask you. What is it? It was something Luke said about a prophecy... (..)
    2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters