Synonyms for slowly
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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. Tony Coalson:

   You just slowly start to lift up, very, very slowly, and people knew, 'Well, if we can't get in, we're certainly not gonna be able to get on, because this aircraft, I think, is takin' off' -- which it was.

2. Nick Cordero:

   Day by day, hour by hour, Nick Cordero's getting better, nick Cordero's slowly getting back to where Nick Cordero was before this infection came about.

3. Aurora Berill:

   Nothing will change overnight, but keep going, slowly and steady.

4. James Brown:

   Education laws change slowly, and change goes both ‘upwards’ from local school districts up to state and federal government and downwards to people like principals and superintendents.

5. Jim Antos:

   Overall, the statement is what we expected: an opportunity missed to restore investor confidence. HSBC may be shrinking slowly but it remains one of the world's most complex banks.