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slowly

/ˈsloʊli/ adverb A2
  1. At a slow pace.

Comparative slowlier · Superlative slowliest

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These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 36 · B2
The field mouse, now that it was freed from its enemy, stopped short; and coming slowly up to the Woodman it said, in a squeaky little voice:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 51 · B2
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1 · C1
While Dorothy was looking earnestly into the queer, painted face of the Scarecrow, she was surprised to see one of the eyes slowly wink at her.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 17 · B2

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