Slowly
['sləʊlɪ] or ['sloli]
Definition
(adv.) without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); 'he spoke slowly'; 'go easy here--the road is slippery'; 'glaciers move tardily'; 'please go slow so I can see the sights'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Miss Bart coloured slowly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then it slowly arose, and sat in the window looking out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- After spelling it out slowly, the man made it into a little roll, and tied it up in an end of his neckerchief still more slowly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I design to secrete it in the wall of the chimney, where I have slowly and laboriously made a place of concealment for it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow; yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Slowly raising her eyes to mine, she said: 'I suspect she has an attachment, Trot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She reached Fifth Avenue and began to walk slowly northward. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Pass that torch slowly along these walls, that I may see them, said Defarge to the turnkey. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In measuring time we cannot rely on our inward impressions; we even criticize these impressions and spe ak of time as going slowly or quickly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr Riderhood very slowly and hoarsely chimed in, with several retrospective nods of his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Slowly, at last, he moved his eyes from my face, as if he were waking from a vision, and cast them round the room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He shuffles slowly into Mr. George's gallery and stands huddled together in a bundle, looking all about the floor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am afraid you have had a tedious ride; John drives so slowly; you must be cold, come to the fire. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As she said it, she unconsciously closed her hand, as if upon a solid object, and slowly opened it as though she were releasing dust or ash. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He leaned forward staring at me, slowly unclenched his hand and drew it across his mouth as if his mouth watered for me, and sat down again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And sitting thus, the sun rose slowly up and suffused the picture with a world of rich coloring. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Had there been presses, they would have had to stand idle while the papyrus rolls were slowly made. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Marianne slowly continued It is a great relief to mewhat Elinor told me this morningI have now heard exactly what I wished to hear. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- That was Mr. Wildeve who passed, miss, he said slowly, and expressed by his face that he expected her to feel vexed at having been sitting unseen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Through the deep throng it could pass but slowly; the spirited horses fretted in their curbed ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I approached slowly, and on the points of my feet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He knew he should have to go slowly, and the instincts of his race fitted him to suffer rebuffs and put up with delays. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They were all loaded heavily and they climbed slowly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That it should all go slowly should be expected too; but now he wished to go. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She put her arm again into mine, and walked on with me slowly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Natalie