Collocations for "slowly"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slowly" in context.
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slowly
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- are [working, moving] too slowly
- are [working] so slowly
- [work] slowly to [prevent, avoid, make sure that]
- moved slowly through the [hall, house, street]
- moved slowly [away, in front, back]
- [please, could you] speak more slowly
- [grew, decreased] slowly over [10 years]
- [pulled, lowered] it slowly [into, out of]
- changed slowly into
- (it) slowly became
- slowly at first
- slowly and [carefully, steadily, painfully, deliberately]
- is slowly being [replaced, phased out, restored, eroded away]
- is slowly getting [better, worse]
- it slowly began to [snow, rain, get louder]
- [she, the spider] crept slowly [through, up, along]
- [time, the hours] creep slowly by
- [thoughts, ideas] slowly took shape
- are [getting there, finishing up], albeit slowly
- slowly does it!
- slowly and steadily
'slowly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advance
- arrow
- ashtray
- bend
- burn
- clot
- coast
- cook
- creep
- curve
- decline
- do
- drive
- ebb
- edge
- fade
- feather
- grind
- heal
- increasing
- learn
- line
- love
- lower
- market
- ooze
- open
- pass
- phase
- pretty
- proceed
- progress
- react
- realization
- repeat
- retreat
- share
- shuffle
- slowly but surely
- suspicion
- tick
- tortoise
- up
- walk
- wanderlust
- wither
- work
- worsen