slowly
At a slow paceAt a slow pace.
» Would you speak more slowly, please?
Würdest du bitte langsamer sprechen? — MikeMolto
Würden Sie bitte langsamer sprechen? — MikeMolto
Könnten Sie bitte noch etwas langsamer sprechen? — cubismus
Могли бы Вы говорить помедленнее, пожалуйста? — papersaltserver
Ти не міг би говорити повільніше, будь ласка? — deniko
Ви не могли би говорити повільніше, будь ласка? — deniko
Ти не могла би говорити повільніше, будь ласка? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAt a slow pace.
langsam
ме́дленноmédlenno
пові́льноpovílʹno, без поспіхуbez pospixu
- without speed (‘slow’ is sometimes used informally for ‘slowly’)
- in music
Examples
1158 sentencesWould you speak more slowly, please?
Ти не міг би говорити повільніше, будь ласка? — deniko
ruМогли бы Вы говорить помедленнее, пожалуйста? — papersaltserver
deWürdest du bitte langsamer sprechen? — MikeMolto
We walked slowly along the road.
Ми повільно йшли шляхом. — aandrusiak
deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang. — Alois
She walked slowly away from me.
Вона повільно відійшла від мене. — zaytsev126
ruОна медленно отошла от меня. — zaytsev126
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Ти міг би говорити повільніше, будь ласка? — deniko
ruТы можешь говорить медленнее, пожалуйста? — User91366
He asked me to speak more slowly.
Він попросив мене розмовляти повільніше. — deniko
ruОн попросил меня говорить медленнее. — Lenin_1917
deEr bat mich, langsamer zu sprechen. — Esperantostern
Translations
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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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
slowlier/more slowly, slowliest/most slowly| Comparative | slowlier / more slowly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | slowliest / most slowly |
regular
Synonyms
10 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.