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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb slow which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

slow
  1. 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.
  2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
  3. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
  4. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
  5. (clock) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
  6. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
  7. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. unhurried, leisurely, sluggish, creeping, dawdling, deliberate, lagging, measured, easy, slow-moving, laggard, plodding, ponderous, leaden, loitering, moderate, gentle, relaxed, sedate, slow-going, steady, comfortable, dilatory, labored, laboured, lazy, sluggardly, tardy, tortoise-like, undemanding, unrushed, crawling, dallying, dillydallying, dragging, languid, leaden-footed, lethargic, listless, pokey, poking, poky, snaillike, snail-like, snail-paced, behindhand, idle, lackadaisical, laggy, late … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “We walked at a slow speed as we were not in a hurry.”
      “The evolution of humankind has been a slow process that occurred over hundreds of thousands of years.”
      “Progress on our project has been slow due to several delays.”
slowsome
  1. Typified by slowness; characteristically slow
slower
  1. comparative form of slow: more slow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sluggisher, easier, gentler, steadier, comfortabler, lazier, tardier, pokier, laggier, later, dreamier, drowsier, more unhurried, more leisurely, more deliberate, more lagging, more measured, more slow-moving, more laggard, more plodding, more ponderous, more leaden, more moderate, more relaxed, more sedate, more labored, more laboured, more sluggardly, more undemanding, more languid, more lethargic, more listless, more snaillike, more behindhand, more idle, more lackadaisical, more slothful, more torpid, more apathetic, more imperceptible, more indolent, more inert, more passive, more phlegmatic, more tortoiselike, more supine, lengthier, longer-lasting, draggier, painfuller … more
slowfooted
  1. moving slowly on foot
slowish
  1. Somewhat slow.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Despite his slowish running, his bike speed was good enough to propel him into fourth place in the 45-49 age group.”
      “He didn't like the slowish early pace of the race and didn't take kindly to Fallon holding him up.”
      “Toscanini's sense of theater allows them to remain gripping, even at slowish tempos, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra plays them with superhuman concentration.”
slowest
  1. superlative form of slow: most slow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sluggishest, easiest, gentlest, steadiest, comfortablest, laziest, tardiest, pokiest, laggiest, latest, dreamiest, drowsiest, most unhurried, most leisurely, most deliberate, most lagging, most measured, most slow-moving, most laggard, most plodding, most ponderous, most leaden, most moderate, most relaxed, most sedate, most labored, most laboured, most sluggardly, most undemanding, most languid, most lethargic, most listless, most snaillike, most behindhand, most idle, most lackadaisical, most slothful, most torpid, most apathetic, most imperceptible, most indolent, most inert, most passive, most phlegmatic, most tortoiselike, most supine, lengthiest, longest-lasting, draggiest, painfullest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This is because at aphelion the planet is moving slowest, and consequently it is less likely to pass across the Sun during the critical window.”
      “While all these standards are backward-compatible, your speed will be that of the slowest component.”
      “The League's support is growing in this, the poorest and slowest developing country of the European Union.”
slowed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of slow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. retarded, delayed, restricted, checked, detained, hindered, curbed, handicapped, decelerated, impeded, restrained, stunted, tempered, curtailed, held back, held up, inhibited, limited, obstructed, reduced, set back, slackened, stalled, abated, decreased, diminished, hampered, kept back, lagged, lessened, mired, moderated, regulated, retardated, stayed, choked, embogged, loitered, postponed, procrastinated, qualified, quieted, reefed, interfered with, reined in, anchored it, bogged down, cut back, cut down, kept waiting … more
slowing
  1. present participle of slow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. retarding, delaying, restricting, checking, detaining, hindering, curbing, handicapping, decelerating, impeding, restraining, stunting, tempering, curtailing, holding back, holding up, inhibiting, limiting, obstructing, reducing, setting back, slackening, stalling, abating, decreasing, diminishing, hampering, keeping back, lagging, lessening, miring, moderating, regulating, retardating, staying, choking, embogging, loitering, postponing, procrastinating, qualifying, quieting, reefing, interfering with, reining in, anchoring it, bogging down, cutting back, cutting down, keeping waiting … more
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