SLOWNESS, n. 1. Moderate motion; want of speed or velocity. Swifness and slowness are relative ideas.2. Tardy advance; moderate progression; as the slowness of an operation; slowness of growth or improvement.3. Dullness to admit conviction or affection; as slowness of heart.4. Want of readiness or promptness; dullness of intellect.5. Deliberation; coolness; caution in deciding.6. Dilatoriness; tardiness.
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