slow adjective (NOT CLEVER) A person might be described as slow if they are not very clever and do not understand or notice things quickly:

If you describe a situation, place, or activity as slow, you mean that it is not very exciting. Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring. The island is too slow for her liking.

Adjective slow (comparative slower, superlative slowest) Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

Slow, deliberate, gradual, leisurely mean unhurried and not happening rapidly. That which is slow acts or moves without haste or rapidity: a slow procession of cars.

SLOW definition: moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity. See examples of slow used in a sentence.

Dull; lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness: used of persons or things: as, the entertainment was very slow. Synonyms Delaying, lingering, deliberate.

Something is slow if it takes a long time to move. It is not fast. A snail is a very slow animal. It moves slowly. If something is slow, it does not happen in a short time. If someone is slow, it takes them a while to understand something.

He was a quiet boy who seldom spoke, and some people thought he was a little slow.

SLOW meaning: 1. moving, happening, or doing something without much speed: 2. used to describe a film, book…. Learn more.