slowlyadverb
uk/ˈsləʊ.li/us/ˈsloʊ.li/A2 at a slow speed:
Could you please speak more slowly?
slowly but surely
carefully, in order to avoid problems:
Slowly but surely we made our way down the muddy hillside.
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- They walked slowly through the woods.
- The hospital say her condition is improving slowly.
- You have to drive slowly on these narrow country roads.
- The train slowly drew into the station.
- She turned the handle and slowly opened the door.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- labour
- mill
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- straggle
- struggle
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