snail-pacedadj.
1. Slow, sluggish, or tardy in pace, progress, or motion; slothful, slow-moving. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective]
lateeOE
slackc1000
slowc1225
heavya1400
lent14..
slowfulc1400
sloth1412
latesomea1425
sluggedc1430
sluggingc1430
tardy1483
lingeringa1547
tarde1547
sleuth1567
snailish1581
slow-moving1592
lagging1597
snail-paced1597
snail-slow1600
slow-pacing1616
snail-like1639
sluggish1640
ignave1657
languishing1693
slow-stepping1793
lentitudinous1801
somnolent1812
slow-coachish1844
tardigradous1866
vermigrade1938
slow-cooking1968
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > moving slowly
slowa1398
slow-movingc1450
slow-bellied1554
lazya1568
slow-footed1587
slow-paced1594
leaden-footed1596
snaily1596
snail-paced1597
dragglinga1599
leaden-heeled1598
ambling1600
slow-foot1607
sluggisha1616
slow-pacing1616
tortoise-paced1623
slow-going1634
leaden-stepping1645
tardigradous1652
tardigrade1656
snail-crawleda1658
dawdling1773
loitering1791–2
slow-stepping1793
creepy1794
lugging1816
tortoise-footed1818
crawling1820
creepy-crawly1858
slowing1877
lead-foot1896
soodling1951
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > very slow
snail-paced1597
as slow as molasses1854
snail-slow1900
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iii. 53 Delaie leades impotent and snaile-pact beggerie. View more context for this quotation
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. v. 18 Go..bid the snail-pac't Aiax arme for shame. View more context for this quotation
1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 9 Doth that winged speed..deserve a snail-paced Reformation?
1770 J. Armstrong Misc. I. 154 Thus they lash on The snail-pac'd Hyperborean nights.
1862 C. Rossetti Goblin Market 6 The whisk-tailed merchant bade her taste In tones as smooth as honey,..and the snail~paced even was heard.
1874 J. Robertson in C. W. Gordon Life J. Robertson (1908) xv. 117 We left here..with a snail-paced horse.
2. Marked or characterized by tardiness, slowness, or sluggishness.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish
lateeOE
latredec897
latelyOE
slowfulc1400
latesomea1425
languoring?c1425
sluggedc1430
tardy1483
tediousc1485
hooly1513
longsome1543
lingeringa1547
tarde1547
slow-worm1548
tardious?1572
lagging1597
snail-slow1600
snail-paced1601
snail-like1639
languid1646
dilatory1648
sluggish1648
languishing1693
laggard1702
lentitudinous1801
laggardly1826
lag-last1862
slowpoke1872
1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 123 Snaile-pac'd gate.
1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 160 In very scorn Of our dull, uninspired, snail-paced lives.
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