- at a slow speed; not quickly
- to move/walk/turn slowly
- Please could you speak more slowly?
- The boat chugged slowly along.
- Don't rush into a decision. Take it slowly.
- ‘I don't really know,’ Anna said slowly.
- Slowly things began to improve.
- The film starts slowly, introducing each of the characters and establishing their relationships.
- He found that life moved slowly in the countryside.
Which Word? slow / slowlyslow / slowly- Slowly is the usual adverb from the adjective slow:
- She is slowly recovering from the surgery.
- I ate slowly, enjoying every mouthful.
- Slow is sometimes used as an adverb in informal language, on road signs, etc. It can also be used to form compounds:
- Slow. Major road ahead.
- a slow-acting drug
- In the comparative both slower and more slowly are used:
- Can you speak slower/more slowly?
Oxford Collocations DictionarySlowly is used with these verbs:- accumulate
- adjust
- advance
- …
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Idioms
See slowly in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee slowly in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishslowly but surely
- making slow but definite progress
- We'll get there slowly but surely.
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