dead slow

American  

adverb

Nautical.

1. as slow as possible without losing steerageway.

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Example Sentences

Snow squalls and heavy seas made visibility poor and forced Endurance to creep forward with the engines dead slow as it headed into Stromness Bay.

From Literature

We walked up to the Ritz, scanned the schedule for the next feature screening, and went into Dead Slow Ahead sight unseen.

From The Verge

Dead Slow Ahead is not about zombies, but it is about slow-moving things.

From The Verge

There are slow films that seem to position themselves as endurance tests to their audiences, but Dead Slow Ahead's pace has more in common with Slow TV; it becomes an ecstatic, almost physiological experience once you've submitted yourself to its rhythm.

From The Verge

Dead Slow Ahead is most certainly another. By "everything" I don't mean laughs, suspense, and heartwarming drama, I mean something closer to a full encapsulation of the universe.

From The Verge