slowly

slowly
slow slow 2 adjective
1. not happening, being done, or moving with much speed or not as quickly as it should:

• Prices are rising, but at a slower pace than before.

• a period of slow economic growth

• We expect a slow improvement in sales.

• Designing a new car can be a slow process.

2. be slow to do something disapproving to not do something immediately:

• The city has been slow to follow through on many of the budget cuts it promised.

3. COMMERCE if business or trade is slow, there are not many customers or not many things are sold:

• Manufacturers say that business remains slow.

• Monday is usually the slowest day of the week.

— slowly adverb :

• Disposable income grew slowly.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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