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adjective • not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time • at a slow tempo • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time adverb • without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') • showing a time that is earlier than the actual time adjective satellite • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness • (of business) not active or brisk verb • lose velocity; move more slowly • become slow or slower • cause to proceed more slowly | ||||||||
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adjective • being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time • of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages • at or toward an end or late period or stage of development adverb • later than usual or than expected • to an advanced time • at an advanced age or stage • in the recent past adjective satellite • after the expected or usual time; delayed • of the immediate past or just previous to the present time • having died recently • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | ||||||||
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noun • someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind adjective satellite • wasting time | ||||||||
Dilatory Crossword Clue
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SLOW which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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SLOW
Updated: October 15, 2023
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| The Guardian Speedy04 May 2008 | Across 7 | |
| New York Times20 Feb 1993 | Down 1 | |
| New York Times20 Jan 1993 | Down 34 | |
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