Of a person, animal, or moving body: moving, flowing, or travelling at a low speed; taking a long time to go a comparatively short distance.

That moves or goes slowly; travelling at a slow speed.

That moves or crawls slowly. Also: (of motion) very slow.

Of things: Sluggish, dull, slow-moving; now only transferred from sense A. 1 †Formerly of literary style, and, in physical sense, of heat or…

That walks or goes slowly; slow-moving, slow-paced.

With reference to physical movement: walking or moving slowly; having a slow gait.

Like a snail; resembling that of a snail; snail-like. Also figurative.

Slow, sluggish, or tardy in pace, progress, or motion; slothful, slow-moving. Also figurative.

Of a person, a river, speech, etc.: that ambles (amble, v. 2); that moves or flows at a steady or relaxed pace, or in a slightly aimless manner…

That walks or goes slowly; slow-moving, slow-paced.

Moving, flowing, etc., very slowly or tardily; slow in movement.

that moves, operates, or progresses slowly or gradually; sluggish.

That moves or goes (relatively) slowly; making slow progress, slow-paced.

= tardigrade, adj.

That walks or moves slowly; slow-paced.

crawling as slow as a snail.

That dawdles; characterized by dawdling.

That loiters or idles; in early use, that leads a vagabond life.

that has or is characterized by a slow pace or gait; sedate; ponderous.

Characterized by creeping or moving slowly.

That moves slowly and heavily. (Cf. lug, v. 2c.)

That crawls (literal and figurative); see the verb.

That creeps and crawls. Also transferred and figurative, sneaking, servile; (of feelings, etc.) full of eerie or uncanny suggestion; of or pertaining…

That is slowing down; becoming less active, lively, or intense.

= leaden-footed adj. at leaden, adj. compounds 1.

that flows or moves slowly.