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slowly

/ˈsləʊli/ /ˈsloʊli/

Meanings
adverb
(manner) At a slow pace.

Examples :

"The snail crawled slowly across the sidewalk. "
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Related Words

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at verb

/æt/

To reply to or talk to someone, either online or face-to-face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)

"My friend is going to at me on Twitter about the new movie. "

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pace noun

/peɪs/ /ˈpeɪsiː/

Step.

"The marching band's pace was quick and steady. "

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slow noun

/sləʊ/ /sloʊ/

Someone who is slow; a sluggard.

"The slow in our class struggled to keep up with the assignments. "

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crawled verb

/krɔːld/ /krɔld/

To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

"Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

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sidewalk noun

/ˈsaɪdwɔːk/

A footpath, usually paved, at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians; a pavement (UK) or footpath (Australia, New Zealand)

"My daughter walked along the sidewalk to school this morning. "

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across noun

/əˈkɹɑs/ /əˈkɹɒs/ /əˈkɹɔs/

(crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.

"I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down."

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manner noun

/ˈmænə/ /ˈmænɚ/

Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

"My sister learned to write in a very careful manner. "

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snail noun

/sneɪl/

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

"The snail slowly crawled across the garden path. "