slow

(of business) not active or brisk

business is dull (or slow)

a sluggish market

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

so dense he never understands anything I say to him

never met anyone quite so dim

not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

a slow walker

the slow lane of traffic

at a slow tempo

the band played a slow waltz

(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

the clock is slow

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

a boring evening with uninteresting people

the deadening effect of some routine tasks

without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

he spoke slowly

go easy here--the road is slippery

of timepieces

the clock is almost an hour slow

my watch is running behind

lose velocity; move more slowly

The car decelerated

become slow or slower

Production slowed

cause to proceed more slowly

The illness slowed him down