Synonyms for slowly
slow·ly

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1. slowlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   quickly

2. slowlyadverb

   Antonyms:
   quickly

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. slowly, slow, easy, tardilyadverb

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

   "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"

   Synonyms:
   easily, tardily, behind, soft, easy, lento, late, belatedly, slow

   Antonyms:
   rapidly, speedily, quickly, chop-chop, apace

2. lento, slowlyadverb

   in music

   "Play this lento, please"

   Synonyms:
   easy, tardily, slow, lento

   Antonyms:
   apace, speedily, quickly, chop-chop, rapidly

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1. despacito

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "slowly":

   slow, sluggishly, gradually, gently, softly, easy, lenta, progressively

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1. Emily Norton:

   It's slowly grown ... and now we have five kids, 8 and under, it is the best thing that we've ever done.

2. Charles Mackay:

   Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

3. Fumitaka Ono:

   When you're managing your daily grocery spending, it's an accumulation of small expenditures. And as you make small purchases, you notice that prices are slowly rising, and consumers get worried.

4. Monica Viego-Rodriguez:

   I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul.

5. Lorne Michaels:

   Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.