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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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noun • a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) adjective satellite • wasting time • small and remote and insignificant | ||||||||
| 41% | 9 | Ehrenberg's tortoise, a species of tortoise native to Africa | ||||||
noun • Russian novelist (1891-1967) | ||||||||
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