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# slowness

«slowness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The fact or quality of being slow: moving, happening or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (slowness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The fact or quality of being slow: moving, happening or working without much speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#m1)

2) Being slow to understand or react. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the slowness of a process (erosion, growth of a tree) explains why we do not notice it. In stories, a character's slowness can be funny or worrying. Phrases: «the slowness of», «frustrated by the slowness».

### examples

- The slowness of the queue made everyone grumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#x1)
- Snails are famous for their slowness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#x2)
- We were annoyed by the slowness of the internet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#x3)
- The slowness of erosion means canyons take millions of years to form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#x4)
- Despite his slowness, the tortoise kept going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#x5)
- The doctor worried about the slowness of her heartbeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. From «slow» + -ness. Opposites: speed, quickness. Formal-ish; in everyday speech people say «how slow it is».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slowness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slowness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.