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Explore Slowly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like slow or easy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Slowly meaning

At a slow pace.

Synonyms of Slowly

slow easy tardily quickly lento

Using Slowly

  • The main meaning on this page is: At a slow pace.
  • Useful related words include: slow, easy, tardily, quickly.
  • In the example corpus, slowly often appears in combinations such as: is slowly, more slowly, slowly and.

Context around Slowly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Slowly

  • In this selection, "slowly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, began, rule, desantis, stripped, replicating and accruing stand out and add context to how "slowly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a baton slowly stripped off and actually walk slowly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "slowly" sits close to words such as convention, ford and faster, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with slowly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Actually — walk slowly. (3 words)

Slowly, extremely slowly, this flatfish swam away. (7 words)

We are teaching our child this rule—slowly, slowly! (9 words)

So here's the good news: thanks to President Trump's defeat in election 2020 (however long it may take to play out in court), the world will go down more slowly, though how much more slowly remains to be seen. (41 words)

In English this is usually done by adding more and most before the adverb (more slowly, most slowly), although there are a few adverbs that take inflected forms, such as well, for which better and best are used. (38 words)

DeSantis slowly reopened the state for business since then, allowing restaurants and bars to reopen at half capacity, while deferring to local officials who advocated reopening more slowly in the pandemic's epicenters in South Florida. (36 words)

We are teaching our child this rule—slowly, slowly! (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

One of his favorites is “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth, by Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillaris all about owning who you are and navigating the perceptions of others.

Instead the Wyatts began slowly accruing victories through the midcard- much like a real cult would slowly spread its influence.

So slowly, slowly, as long as youтАЩre clear on what your standards are, you can put down the most dinosaurish thoughts.

We are teaching our child this rule—slowly, slowly!

All the value seemed on point, I slowly slid down out of the first while slowly sliding up with my later rounds picks.

DeSantis slowly reopened the state for business since then, allowing restaurants and bars to reopen at half capacity, while deferring to local officials who advocated reopening more slowly in the pandemic's epicenters in South Florida.

So here's the good news: thanks to President Trump's defeat in election 2020 (however long it may take to play out in court), the world will go down more slowly, though how much more slowly remains to be seen.

After hanging up, Melrose’s face slowly – very slowly – transforms.

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He brandished a baton, slowly stripped off identical sweatshirts and chortled “I’ll bet you didn’t see that coming,” as he slowly stripped down to his bare chest and belly.

That is slowly also becoming a thing in the US, though more slowly than in other markets.

The three colonies are slowly recovering and numbers are slowly increasing thanks to the conservation efforts set in place by Island Conservation Society said Nogués.

At equilibrium, removal of slowly replicating sequences due to decay or outflow is balanced by replenishing, so that even relatively slowly replicating sequences can remain present in finite abundance.

In English this is usually done by adding more and most before the adverb (more slowly, most slowly), although there are a few adverbs that take inflected forms, such as well, for which better and best are used.

Slowly, extremely slowly, this flatfish swam away.

Therefore, ammonia-based life, if it exists, might metabolize more slowly and evolve more slowly than life on Earth.

A child walks to the California Science Center in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, where the space shuttle is slowly being pieced together.

Across the Pacific in China, Super Typhoon Doksuri churned slowly across its northwest, inundating Beijing and Hebei, the province that surrounds the capital city, which experienced the heaviest rain in 140 years.

Actually — walk slowly.

Adams speculated that the use of early voting might slowly increase over the next few election cycles as voters become more accustomed to it.

A fear that vanished once I cottoned on that all will be well as long as you add the butter slowly, drop by drop at first, and that the sauce mustn’t get too hot.

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Common combinations with slowly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "slowly" in a sentence?
An example: "One of his favorites is “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth, by Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillaris all about owning who you are and navigating the perceptions of others." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "slowly" from authentic English texts.
What does "slowly" mean?
Slowly means: At a slow pace.
What are synonyms of "slowly"?
Common synonyms of "slowly" include: slow, easy, tardily, quickly, lento.
How many example sentences with "slowly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "slowly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.