slowlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈsləʊli/, U.S.

/ˈsloʊli/

Forms: see slow adj. and -ly suffix²; also Middle English swowlyche (transmission error).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch sleeulike slowly, Old Icelandic sljóliga , slæliga slowly, dully, listlessly, Old Swedish sliolika tepidly, sluggishly < the Germanic base of slow adj. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix².

†1. In a remiss or negligent manner; sluggishly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > without diligence

slowlyeOE

slacklyc960

unduly1423

remissly1533

slenderly?1542

dissolutely1553

indiligentlya1631

slack1641

undiligently1645

unindustriously1659

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxviii. 191 Ðæt..hie selfe sua geornfulle sien ðæt hie to slawlice ðara ne giemen ðe him befæste sien.

lOE St. Chad (Hatton) (1953) 168 Ne dyde he þet naht slaulice [L. (Bede) non hoc segniter fecit] ac he hine eallum middangeardas ehtum ongerede.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 (MED) Ðe þridde is þat man..slawliche ariseð and late to chireche goð.

c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 314 Hely þe heyȝ prest was dampned, for he reproued hise sones but to softliche & slowliche.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGGiii Perfection, whiche they slowly & weakely or fayntly desyre.

1563 N. Winȝet tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholike Fayth xxviii, in Certain Tractates (1890) II. 60 That afore wes precheit slawlie, the samin thing eftir to be precheit mair feruentlie.

1659 S. Townsend Christians Dayly Pract. 83 Cursed is he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: That is, that doth it negligently, slothfully, slowly; God is much provoked by lasie slugish Prayers.

2. In a slow manner; at a slow rate or speed; gradually; after a relatively long period of time.See note at slow adv.See also slowly but surely at surely adv. and int. Phrases, to hasten slowly at hasten v. Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb]

slowlyc1384

slowa1398

tortoise-like1645

lently1655

snail-like1825

loiteringly1836

dreichly1844

oozily1871

leadenly1879

snailishly1889

glacially1975

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb]

lateeOE

latelyOE

heavilyc1000

hoolya1340

slowlyc1384

slowa1398

sluggedlyc1450

tarryingly1530

loiteringly1547

sluggishly1565

languishingly1579

limpingly1579

lingeringly1589

tarde1598

unnimbly1607

longsomelyc1610

tardilya1616

languidly1655

heavy1701

slack1854

snailishly1889

tharfly1894

pole pole1902

weedy-slow1921

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > specifically of personal actions

slowlyc1384

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 7 Whanne many dayes we seiliden slowli.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiii. 213 Þe heuynes of voys folewiþ þe slownes þerof, and moche aier is slouliche [a1450 Bodl. slowlich] imevid.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 81 Now qwhykliar, now slawlyer, it warmes.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 136 To my burdoun j gripede and as who seith aroos ayen Slowliche it was For j was feebele.

1573 J. Tyrie Refut. Ansuer Knox 8 Quhou slaulie he ansueris thairto.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1619/1 The armye wente on, but so muche the slowlyer, bycause the way was somewhat narrowe.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vi. 12 The businesse with the Prince of Orange went slowlyer on.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 541 The setting Sun Slowly descended.

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 89 From out the hollow ground Slowly breath'd a sullen sound.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. x. 202 Presently, he sees him come slowly down the avenue.

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 60 Slowly now he turned to me.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xviii. 326 Crevasses, on their first formation, are..narrow rents, which widen very slowly.

1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 22 Apr. (1965) I. 525 Moral ruin followed slowly but surely.

1927 V. Silvester Mod. Ballroom Dancing 64 It is not possible to do the slow foxtrot unless the orchestra plays slowly.

1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World (1982) 7 It made Graham nervous, he nodded slowly while staring away from me.

1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 236 He slowly began to trust me.

2015 P. Hawkins Girl on Train 52 There was..a red car driving slowly past.

Compounds

a. With present participles forming adjectives, as slowly-acting, slowly-growing, slowly-moving, etc.Compounds formed in this way are more common with slow than slowly: see slow adv. Compounds 1a.

ΚΠ

1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iv. 91 Amongst all his illegall Acts, this gave most distaste, not onely to the Nobility and Gentry, who were indued with clearer understandings, but even to the slowly apprehending Commons.

1747 W. Mason Musæus 16 All these slowly-dripping rills, That tinkling stray amid the cooly cave.

a1771 T. Gray Fragm. Hymn to Ignorance 176 in Poems (1775) ii Rushy Camus' slowly-winding flood.

1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 181 The meandering brook, or the slowly-flowing river.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 59 We can prove the effects to be due to slowly-acting causes.

1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 195 They [sc. frogs in Arctic zones] would be so slowly-working that their growth would be prolonged over an uneconomic number of seasons.

1937 Discovery July 196/1 Long strings of slowly-moving camels.

1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxvi. 992 The Brenner tumour..is a slowly-growing and probably benign growth of rather rare occurrence.

1998 Times 25 June 41/8 The voices had plenty of individuality, yet they sang with unanimity in the rhythms so suggestive of slowly-swaying censers.

b. With past participles forming adjectives, as slowly-roasted, slowly-wrought, etc.

ΚΠ

1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours iii. xlix. 374 I have taken pleasure to recover out of the slowly exhal'd Liquor, that pass'd through the filtre..a Body that at least seem'd a Salt very pretty to look on.

1892 Proc. Royal Soc. 51 458 A simple hysteresis loop such as may be obtained in slowly-performed cyclic magnetisation.

1914 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 14 352 A slowly-interrupted current..determines a larger supply of blood to the part electrized.

1999 New Yorker 23 Aug. 196/2 It is only given to us cold, slowly-wrought natures to feel this dreary, deadly tightening at the heart.

2020 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 Aug. This dish has a Mediterranean feel and goes well with roast chicken or slowly roasted lamb shoulder.

c. Prefixed to adjectives to form adjectives, as slowly-painful, slowly-terminal, etc.

ΚΠ

1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 55 More slowly-painful to subdue this home Of sin.

1845 E. A. Parnell Chem. Anal. 278 So as to allow the gas to escape in slowly successive bubbles.

1997 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 9 May b9 [She] has a slowly terminal, degenerative neurological disorder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slowly
释义	slowlyadv. Brit. /ˈsləʊli/, U.S. /ˈsloʊli/ Forms: see slow adj. and -ly suffix²; also Middle English swowlyche (transmission error). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch sleeulike slowly, Old Icelandic sljóliga , slæliga slowly, dully, listlessly, Old Swedish sliolika tepidly, sluggishly < the Germanic base of slow adj. + the Germanic base of -ly suffix². †1. In a remiss or negligent manner; sluggishly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > without diligence slowlyeOE slacklyc960 unduly1423 remissly1533 slenderly?1542 dissolutely1553 indiligentlya1631 slack1641 undiligently1645 unindustriously1659 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxviii. 191 Ðæt..hie selfe sua geornfulle sien ðæt hie to slawlice ðara ne giemen ðe him befæste sien. lOE St. Chad (Hatton) (1953) 168 Ne dyde he þet naht slaulice [L. (Bede) non hoc segniter fecit] ac he hine eallum middangeardas ehtum ongerede. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 11 (MED) Ðe þridde is þat man..slawliche ariseð and late to chireche goð. c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 314 Hely þe heyȝ prest was dampned, for he reproued hise sones but to softliche & slowliche. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. GGGiii Perfection, whiche they slowly & weakely or fayntly desyre. 1563 N. Winȝet tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholike Fayth xxviii, in Certain Tractates (1890) II. 60 That afore wes precheit slawlie, the samin thing eftir to be precheit mair feruentlie. 1659 S. Townsend Christians Dayly Pract. 83 Cursed is he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: That is, that doth it negligently, slothfully, slowly; God is much provoked by lasie slugish Prayers. 2. In a slow manner; at a slow rate or speed; gradually; after a relatively long period of time.See note at slow adv.See also slowly but surely at surely adv. and int. Phrases, to hasten slowly at hasten v. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] slowlyc1384 slowa1398 tortoise-like1645 lently1655 snail-like1825 loiteringly1836 dreichly1844 oozily1871 leadenly1879 snailishly1889 glacially1975 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] lateeOE latelyOE heavilyc1000 hoolya1340 slowlyc1384 slowa1398 sluggedlyc1450 tarryingly1530 loiteringly1547 sluggishly1565 languishingly1579 limpingly1579 lingeringly1589 tarde1598 unnimbly1607 longsomelyc1610 tardilya1616 languidly1655 heavy1701 slack1854 snailishly1889 tharfly1894 pole pole1902 weedy-slow1921 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > specifically of personal actions slowlyc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 7 Whanne many dayes we seiliden slowli. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiii. 213 Þe heuynes of voys folewiþ þe slownes þerof, and moche aier is slouliche [a1450 Bodl. slowlich] imevid. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 81 Now qwhykliar, now slawlyer, it warmes. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 136 To my burdoun j gripede and as who seith aroos ayen Slowliche it was For j was feebele. 1573 J. Tyrie Refut. Ansuer Knox 8 Quhou slaulie he ansueris thairto. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1619/1 The armye wente on, but so muche the slowlyer, bycause the way was somewhat narrowe. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vi. 12 The businesse with the Prince of Orange went slowlyer on. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 541 The setting Sun Slowly descended. View more context for this quotation 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 89 From out the hollow ground Slowly breath'd a sullen sound. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. x. 202 Presently, he sees him come slowly down the avenue. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 60 Slowly now he turned to me. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xviii. 326 Crevasses, on their first formation, are..narrow rents, which widen very slowly. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 22 Apr. (1965) I. 525 Moral ruin followed slowly but surely. 1927 V. Silvester Mod. Ballroom Dancing 64 It is not possible to do the slow foxtrot unless the orchestra plays slowly. 1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World (1982) 7 It made Graham nervous, he nodded slowly while staring away from me. 1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 236 He slowly began to trust me. 2015 P. Hawkins Girl on Train 52 There was..a red car driving slowly past. Compounds a. With present participles forming adjectives, as slowly-acting, slowly-growing, slowly-moving, etc.Compounds formed in this way are more common with slow than slowly: see slow adv. Compounds 1a. ΚΠ 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iv. 91 Amongst all his illegall Acts, this gave most distaste, not onely to the Nobility and Gentry, who were indued with clearer understandings, but even to the slowly apprehending Commons. 1747 W. Mason Musæus 16 All these slowly-dripping rills, That tinkling stray amid the cooly cave. a1771 T. Gray Fragm. Hymn to Ignorance 176 in Poems (1775) ii Rushy Camus' slowly-winding flood. 1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 181 The meandering brook, or the slowly-flowing river. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 59 We can prove the effects to be due to slowly-acting causes. 1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 195 They [sc. frogs in Arctic zones] would be so slowly-working that their growth would be prolonged over an uneconomic number of seasons. 1937 Discovery July 196/1 Long strings of slowly-moving camels. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxvi. 992 The Brenner tumour..is a slowly-growing and probably benign growth of rather rare occurrence. 1998 Times 25 June 41/8 The voices had plenty of individuality, yet they sang with unanimity in the rhythms so suggestive of slowly-swaying censers. b. With past participles forming adjectives, as slowly-roasted, slowly-wrought, etc. ΚΠ 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours iii. xlix. 374 I have taken pleasure to recover out of the slowly exhal'd Liquor, that pass'd through the filtre..a Body that at least seem'd a Salt very pretty to look on. 1892 Proc. Royal Soc. 51 458 A simple hysteresis loop such as may be obtained in slowly-performed cyclic magnetisation. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 14 352 A slowly-interrupted current..determines a larger supply of blood to the part electrized. 1999 New Yorker 23 Aug. 196/2 It is only given to us cold, slowly-wrought natures to feel this dreary, deadly tightening at the heart. 2020 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 Aug. This dish has a Mediterranean feel and goes well with roast chicken or slowly roasted lamb shoulder. c. Prefixed to adjectives to form adjectives, as slowly-painful, slowly-terminal, etc. ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson St. Simeon Stylites in Poems (new ed.) II. 55 More slowly-painful to subdue this home Of sin. 1845 E. A. Parnell Chem. Anal. 278 So as to allow the gas to escape in slowly successive bubbles. 1997 News Herald (Panama City, Florida) 9 May b9 [She] has a slowly terminal, degenerative neurological disorder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.eOE
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