Slowly means at a slow speed or without moving or happening quickly.

The idea

Use slowly with an action: walk slowly, speak slowly. To ask for a lower speed, say more slowly: Could you speak more slowly?

Examples

  • Please speak slowly.
  • She walked slowly to the door.
  • The train moved slowly through the station.
  • He read the address slowly.
  • Can you say that more slowly?
  • The child opened the box slowly.

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Watch out

Slowly concerns speed; quietly concerns volume. Speaking slowly does not necessarily mean speaking softly.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the word describing slow speed. Please speak at a low speed: speak ___. (slowly / quickly)

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    slowly

    Slowly describes the speed of speaking.

  2. Choose the request for a lower speed. Ask someone to reduce their speaking speed: “Could you speak ___?” (more slowly / more loudly)

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    more slowly

    More slowly asks for a lower speed.

  3. Decide whether slow speed guarantees low volume. Someone speaks slowly. Does that alone guarantee a low volume? (no / yes)

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    no

    Slow speed does not determine speaking volume.

Use it today

Ask someone to repeat an address more slowly and describe another slow action.