slowly
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/ˈsləʊli/
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/ˈsləʊli/ · /ˈslaːli/ · /ˈsloʊli/
Definition of slowly
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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At a slow pace.
“Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.”
“When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English slowly, slowli, slouli, slowliche, from Old English slāwlīċe (“slowly; sluggishly”), equivalent to slow + -ly. Compare Old Norse slæliga, sljóliga.
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