slowly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsləʊli/
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/ˈsləʊli/ · /ˈslaːli/ · /ˈsloʊli/

Definition of slowly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. 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.”

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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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