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How to spell slow

Slow is spelled S-L-O-W.

What it means: Not fast; moving at a low speed.

In a sentence: The turtle is slow as it walks across the garden. ▶

Same family: slows, slowed, slowing, slowly, slowness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Slow” comes from Old English *slāw*, meaning dull or inactive, and is related to old words for ‘lazy’ or ‘sluggish’. Over time it developed the modern sense of reducing speed, both for movement and for processes like work or learning.

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