US /ˈsloʊnəs/
noun Freq #71637

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry

    Your slowness annoys me.

  2. 2
    noun

    lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

    The student exhibited signs of slowness.

  3. 3
    noun

    The quality or state of being slow.

    Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.

  4. 4
    noun

    A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a rate demonstrating an... deliberation
2 noun · lack of normal development... retardation

Etymology

From slow + -ness.

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