slowly

adverb
🔊/ˈsləʊli/
🔊/ˈsləʊli/
Idioms
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  1. at a slow speed; not quickly慢速地;缓慢地;迟缓地
    • to move/walk/turn slowly缓慢移动/行走/转弯
    • Please could you speak more slowly?请您说慢一点好不好?🔊🔊
    • The boat chugged slowly along.船突突地缓慢前进。🔊🔊
    • Don't rush into a decision. Take it slowly.不要急于作决定。慢慢来。🔊🔊
    • 'I don't really know,' Anna said slowly.“我真的不知道,”安娜慢慢地说。
    • Slowly things began to improve.慢慢地,情况开始好转了。🔊🔊
    • The film starts slowly, introducing each of the characters and establishing their relationships.电影开始缓慢,介绍了每个角色并建立了他们之间的关系。
    • He found that life moved slowly in the countryside.他发现乡村的生活节奏慢。🔊🔊
    Which Word? slow / slowlyslow / slowly
    • Slowly is the usual adverb from the adjective slow. Slow is sometimes used as an adverb in informal language, on road signs, etc. It can also be used to form compounds:slowly 是常用副词,源自形容词 slow。有时,slow 作为非正式用语或在路标等中也用作副词,亦可用以构成复合词
      • Slow. Major road ahead.慢行。前方干道。
      • a slow-acting drug药效慢的药
      In the comparative both slower and more slowly are used:比较级作 slower 和 more slowly 均可
      • Can you speak slower/​more slowly?你说慢点行吗?
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySlowly is used with these verbs:
    • accumulate
    • adjust
    • advance
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Idioms
slowly but surely
  1. making slow but definite progress缓慢但扎实地;稳扎稳打地
    • We'll get there slowly but surely.我们虽慢,但准能赶到那儿。🔊🔊