slowly

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymssloweasytardily

   Antonymsquickly

   colloquialism

2. 2.

   in music

   “Play this lento, please”

   Synonymslento

Questions about slowly

What does slowly mean?

slowly means "without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slowly?

slowly has 2 syllables: slow-ly. The stress falls on "slow". In IPA it is /ˈsloʊli/.

What is another word for slowly?

Close synonyms include slow, easy, tardily, lento. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of slowly?

The recorded antonyms are quickly.

Is slowly a common word?

slowly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.