slowly

[ sloh-lee ]

/ ˈsloʊ li /

in a slow manner; at a slow speed: Sauté the peppers slowly. I drove slowly back home.

Nearby words

1310–50; Middle English slawliche, slawly; See slow, -ly

See slow.

Slowly, two were opened up, and in 2010 the regional government opened all four Brogpa villages in a push for tourism.
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Slowly, slowly, dance classes may cease to be such secret and guilty pleasures in Iran.
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Airline pilots are now slowly, too slowly, being given access to flight simulators able to reproduce sudden and unexpected upsets.
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The kid moved again, slowly across the parking lot to the garbage bin.
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She slowly moves her straw through the whipped cream in her designer latte and looks up.
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Slowly her right hand rose above her head with its index finger extended and slowly came down to her side.
The Light in the Clearing|Irving Bacheller
I forgot my flowers, walked in slowly and sadly and carried in two lanterns to store in the shed chamber.
Adopting An Abandoned Farm|Kate Sanborn
John Lawson did not say another word; he turned away and slowly descended the stairs, and walked out of the house.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.|Various
Slowly that great shadow filled the room, took on human shape, until at last it would be only thus that he would appear.
The Golden Scarecrow|Hugh Walpole
"Why, no, I don't believe I do," was the slowly given answer.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays|Laura Lee Hope