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slowly adverb [ ˈsləʊli ]

• at a slow speed; not quickly.
• "they moved forward slowly"
Similar: unhurriedly, without hurrying, at a leisurely pace, at a slow pace, leisurely, steadily, taking one's time, in one's own good time, at a snail's pace, ploddingly, with heavy steps, with leaden steps, heavily, adagio, lento, largo, larghetto, adagietto, gradually, bit by bit, by degrees, little by little, slowly but surely, step by step, inchmeal,
Opposite: fast, quickly, rapidly, by leaps and bounds,

slowly but surely

• achieving the desired results gradually and reliably rather than quickly and spectacularly.
"the new church began, slowly but surely, to grow"



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