snail-paced

[ sneyl-peyst ]

/ ˈsneɪlˌpeɪst /

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slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1585–95

In The Lodger an ominous character paced the floor, which Hitchcock constructed of glass.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is a joy to watch Shafer seamlessly work incisive commentary on contemporary life into a fast-paced spine-chiller.
The Best Fiction of 2014: Ford, Ferrante, Klay, and More|William O’Connor|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The good news is everything is really fast paced on the Internet,” she said.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild|Kevin Zawacki|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most days, I might as well be studying some obscure species of sea snail.
The $1-Billion-a-Year Right-Wing Conspiracy You Haven’t Heard Of|Jay Michaelson|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The novel is a tautly paced thriller, but it also packs a searing satire of the much-ballyhooed modern world we live in.
The Author Of The Summer's Hit Paranoid Fantasy Opens Up|William O’Connor|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a difficulty foreseen long ago in Socialist discussions, but never completely met by the thorough-paced Communist.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I joined him without speaking, and in silence we paced side by side for another quarter of an hour.
Uncanny Tales|Various
At a little distance from them, Garnache paced up and down to keep himself warm.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
But Harris, exhausted and shaken as he was to the very core, paced by his side, only half listening.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
The green damp hung upon the low walls, and the tracks of the snail and slug glistened in the light; but all was still as death.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens