slow
     adj 1: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a
            slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps
            were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news";
            "slow but steady growth" [ant: {fast}]
     2: at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" [ant: {fast}]
     3: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
        "so dense he never understands anything I say to him";
        "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at
        classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly
        quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb
        decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being
        deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
        [syn: {dense}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb}, {obtuse}]
     4: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the
        correct time; "the clock is slow" [ant: {fast}]
     5: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
        boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening
        effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his
        competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who
        couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task
        the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious
        days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"-
        Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully
        wearisome" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum},
        {irksome}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}]
     6: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or
        slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn: {dull}, {sluggish}]
     adv 1: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for
            `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road
            is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow
            so I can see the sights" [syn: {slowly}, {easy}, {tardily}]
            [ant: {quickly}]
     2: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
        is running behind" [syn: {behind}]
     v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn:
           {decelerate}, {slow down}, {slow up}, {retard}] [ant: {accelerate}]
     2: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: {slow down},
         {slow up}, {slack}, {slacken}]
     3: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
        [syn: {slow down}, {slow up}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0