slow

Not fast.

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

slow

3 Phonemes

s l O

onset, rime

sl ow

Morpheme

slow

Local Voices

Cyprus

London

Sentence Examples

The buyers were slow to act, and the house was sold to someone else.

Business is slow during the summer.

The first few chapters are slow, but after that it gets better.

My computer is working slow slow

The car slowed and gradually came to a stop.

The extra weight slowed the truck.

Related Words

easy

gradual

heavy

lackadaisical

leisurely

lethargic

Collocations

always slow

not slow

go-slow

slow food

slow lane

slow-worm

slow cooker

slow motion

slow-witted

Neighborhood

Rhymes

blow

crow

dough

go

grow

know

low

no

oh

Onset Friends

sleep

slowly

False Friends

cow

how

now

wow

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