slowly

«slowly» in Mova's school dictionary: At a low speed, not fast: "Walk slowly." — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (slowly, more slowly, most slowly)

meaning for a pupil

1) At a low speed, not fast: "Walk slowly." tree →

2) Over a long time, bit by bit: "The ice slowly melted." tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, slowly describes slow change (rocks wear away slowly, plants grow slowly). In safety: walk slowly near pools and on wet floors; drive slowly near schools; eat slowly and chew well. Phrases: slowly but surely, slowly and carefully.

examples

• The tortoise walked slowly. tree →
• Read the question slowly. tree →
• The snail moved slowly across the leaf. tree →
• Walk slowly on the wet floor. tree →
• Rocks wear away slowly. tree →
• Chew your food slowly. tree →
• Slowly, the sun went down. tree →
• Back away slowly from a strange dog. tree →
• The two women walked very slowly. tree →

note

"Slowly" describes how something is done; "slow" describes a thing: "a slow car drives slowly". Opposite: quickly. "Go slow" is also used informally.

In the corpora

• Inflation means prices rise over time, so the same pound buys less; if pay rises more slowly, families are worse off.
• Newsreaders speak slowly and look serious about deaths to show respect for the people who died and their families.
• Counting letter by letter, slowly, beats guessing quickly, and you can show each step.
• Pulling out that one bar and playing it slowly fixes it.
• Deliberate practice means working on purpose on the parts you cannot do yet, slowly and carefully.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slowly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.