Slow is one of my favorite words, in its many meanings, especially number one shades are so appealing to me, as they imply savoring things.
slow |slō|adjective1 moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast: a time when diesel cars were slow and noisy | a slow dot-matrix printer.
slow |slō|adjective1 moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast: a time when diesel cars were slow and noisy | a slow dot-matrix printer.
• taking a long time to perform a specified action: she was a slow reader | [ with infinitive ] : large organizations can be slow to change.
3 not prompt to understand, think, or learn: he's so slow, so unimaginative.4 uneventful and rather dull: a slow and mostly aimless narrative.• (of business) with little activity; slack: sales were slow.
5 Photography (of a film) needing long exposure.• (of a lens) having a small aperture.
adverbat a slow pace; slowly: the train went slower and slower | [ in combination ] : a slow-moving river.verb [ no obj. ]reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process: the train slowed to a halt | investment has slowed down | [ with obj. ] : he slowed the car.• (slow down/up) live or work less actively or intensely: I wasn't feeling well and had to slow down.
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11 comments:
Sadly the word slow isn't much appreciated these days. Last year I had the opportunity to eat a dinner made in a slow fashion which brought out the very best in the meat. So wonderful!
That snail - the epitome of slow. A nice interpretation.
Nice, Gis!
(I'd forgotten about "slow" films!)
Love the turtle!
Slow is my word today in the hectic world. :)
Good idea to list all the definitions of this word.
Great corner view entry! And I had to laugh at the mention of the dot matrix printer. Not only were they show, but it was so easy to get the paper in wrong... We've come a long way!
*slow*
Great photographs! Love the turtle.
I like your take on this theme.
so. i think i can relate to many of these definitions. in general. ;)))
n♥
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