snail-paced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of snail-paced
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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The Gators like to get out in the fast break, but Iowa countered with a snail-paced offense style of any team in the nation this season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
The players’ association planned to make a counteroffer to management, 11 days after clubs gave the union a proposal when the snail-paced negotiations resumed following a 42-day break.
From Fox News ● Jan. 24, 2022
There are just 20 days left in Georgia’s snail-paced special election* for Congress, with Democrat Jon Ossoff still seen as a slight favorite over Republican Karen Handel.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2017
So what are we to make of this inward-looking, penance-seeking Carrie and the gloomy, occasionally snail-paced new Homeland she inhabits?
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2015
Have you ever been astride of an old one, a hirsute, unkempt, snail-paced, obstinate one, which thinks he knows better what gait he ought to assume than you do?
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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