Meaning

1 senses
  1. At a slow pace.

    langsam

    ме́дленноmédlenno

    пові́льноpovílʹno, без поспіхуbez pospixu

More definitions
  • without speed (‘slow’ is sometimes used informally for ‘slowly’)
  • in music

Examples

1158 sentences
  1. Would you speak more slowly, please?

    Ти не міг би говорити повільніше, будь ласка?

    ruМогли бы Вы говорить помедленнее, пожалуйста?

    deWürdest du bitte langsamer sprechen?

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  2. We walked slowly along the road.

    Ми повільно йшли шляхом.

    deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang.

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  3. She walked slowly away from me.

    Вона повільно відійшла від мене.

    ruОна медленно отошла от меня.

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  4. Can you speak more slowly, please?

    Ти міг би говорити повільніше, будь ласка?

    ruТы можешь говорить медленнее, пожалуйста?

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  5. He asked me to speak more slowly.

    Він попросив мене розмовляти повільніше.

    ruОн попросил меня говорить медленнее.

    deEr bat mich, langsamer zu sprechen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
at a slow pace:
Русский
By meaning 1
at a slow pace:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
at a slow pace:

Origin

From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly;

From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly; sluggishly”), equivalent to slow + -ly. Compare Old Norse slæliga, sljóliga.

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Forms

slowlier/more slowly, slowliest/most slowly
Comparativeslowlier / more slowly Lesson
Superlativeslowliest / most slowly

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • without speed (‘slow’ is sometimes used informally for ‘slowly’):sloweasytardily
  • in music:lento

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • more slowly
  • speak more slowly
  • walked slowly
  • eat more slowly
  • little more slowly
  • walking very slowly
  • walked slowly down
  • was walking slowly
  • spoke slowly
  • slowly down the
  • slowly walked
  • drove slowly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slowly — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto