slow-moving Definition
slow·-moving (-mo̵̅o̅v′iŋ)
adjective
- moving slowly; showing little progress or activity
- selling in a relatively small quantity or at a slow rate, as merchandise, stocks, etc.
slow-moving Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- very: My family tree shows that it took us 200 years to move from Aldgate East to Hackney we were very slow-moving.
- relatively: Handling: Members of this species are relatively slow-moving and tend to be quite amenable to handling.
- rather: One, which may have followed a rather slow-moving Seacat in, was seen briefly around Heysham outfalls ( 28/6 ).
- often: Often slow-moving scenes also shifted unconvincingly between stylized comedy to seriousness, for the sake of clunky plot development.
Modifies a noun
- queue: A hundred yards or so away, there's a slow-moving queue to enter the Tower grounds.
- river: Lakes and ponds, slow-moving rivers and streams, canals and deep ditches.
- traffic: Whether iron or steel, poorly installed covers are known to break away from bedding even under light, slow-moving traffic.
- stream: Don't enter rivers which are deeper than 1.2 m - wading can be difficult even in slow-moving streams.
- front: A slow-moving cold front was sliding up the Irish Sea giving rain from Wick to Plymouth.
- vehicle: The slow-moving police vehicle disappeared into the trees only to emerge a hundred yards further along the shore.
Used with adjective complement
become: A vigorous low, developing over southwest England, tracked slowly northwards on the 19th to become slow-moving to the west of Scotland.
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