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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slowly \Slow"ly\, adverb In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
slowly
adverb
1: without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights" [syn: {slow}, {easy}, {tardily}] [ant: {quickly}]
2: in music; "Play this lento, please" [syn: {lento}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "slowly": aridly, barrenly, bit by bit, bloodlessly, by degrees, by inches, by inchmeal, by slow degrees, cautiously, circumspectly, colorlessly, crawlingly, creepingly, degreewise, deliberately, dilatorily, dismally, draggily, drearily, drearisomely, drop by drop, dryly, dully, dustily, easily, effetely, emptily, falteringly, gently, gradatim, grade by grade, gradually, haltingly, heavily, hollowly, idly, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion, in slow tempo, inanely, inch by inch, inchmeal, indolently, insipidly, jejunely, lackadaisically, languidly, languorously, leisurely, lifelessly, limpingly, lingeringly, little by little, loiteringly, moderately, pallidly, ploddingly, pointlessly, pokily, pokingly, ponderously, relaxedly, reluctantly, slow, sluggishly, spiritlessly, step by step, stodgily, stuffily, superficially, tardily, tarryingly, tastelessly, tediously, tentatively, under easy sail, unhurriedly, uninterestingly, vapidly, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation
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