'Slowly' definitions:
Definition of 'slowly'
From: WordNet
adverb
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: slowly, slow, easy, tardily] [ant: apace, chop-chop, quickly, rapidly, speedily]
adverb
In music; "Play this lento, please" [syn: lento, slowly]
Definition of 'Slowly'
From: GCIDE
- Slowly \Slow"ly\, adv. In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slowly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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