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slow

 
 
/sləʊ/ adjective

Translation

NOT FAST moving, happening, or doing something without much speed
yavaş, ağır
I'm making slow progress with the painting. He's a very slow reader.1606
be slow to do sth; be slow in doing sth to take a long time to do something
yavaş hareket etmek/yapmak; bir şeyi yaparken ağırdan almak
The government has been slow to react to the problem. The ambulance was very slow in coming.1606
CLOCK If a clock is slow, it shows a time that is earlier than the correct time.
(saat) geri, geri kalmış
201
BUSINESS If business is slow, there are few customers.
(iş) hareketsiz, yavaş, satış yapamayan, cansız
14271431
NOT CLEVER not quick at learning and understanding things
öğrenmede ve anlamada yavaş, yavaş öğrenen
1138
NOT EXCITING not exciting
hareketsiz, cansız, heyecansız
I find his films very slow.1070
(Definition of slow adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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