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slowness noun

  • The quality or state of being slow.
 lenteur

slow adjective

  /sloʊ/ , /sləʊ/
  • Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
 lent, lente
  • Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
  • (informal, somewhat, derogatory) Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
 lent
  • Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
 lent, tardif
  • (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
 tranquille

slow verb

  /sloʊ/ , /sləʊ/
  • (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
 ralentir, freiner
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