![]() 6 clock TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIME if a clock or watch is slow, it is showing a time earlier than the correct time OPP fast ten minutes/five minutes etc slow The clock is about five minutes slow. 5 business BUSY PLACE if business or trade is slow, there are not many customers or not much is sold Business is often slow in the afternoon. ![]() 4 longer time SLOW taking a longer time than something similar OPP fast We got on the slow train (=one that stops at more stations ) by mistake. ![]() slow in doing something He has been slow in announcing the name of his successor. 3 with delay if you are slow to do something, you do not do it as soon as you can or should slow to do something Farmers have been slow to exploit this market. slow to do something The wound was slow to heal. The legal system can be painfully slow (=much too slow ). 2 taking too long SLOW taking too long OPP fast Taylor was concerned at the slow progress of the investigations. a slow walker The economy faces a year of slower growth. S2 W2 adjective ( comparative slower, superlative slowest ) 1 not quick SLOW not moving, being done, or happening quickly OPP quick, fast → slowly The car was travelling at a very slow speed.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English slow slow 1 / sləʊ $ sloʊ / ![]()
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