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  • 1slowly — slow, slowly In current English the normal adverb for general purposes is slowly (We drove slowly down the road / She slowly closed the door). Literary uses of slow as an adverb died out in the 19c • (As the stately vessel glided slow beneath the …

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  • 2Voice acting — is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts, and video games) and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing voice overs in radio and television commercials, audio… …

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  • 3loiter — loiterer, n. loiteringly, adv. /loy teuhr/, v.i. 1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal. 2. to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand …

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  • 4indolent — a. 1. Lazy, slothful, inert, sluggish, inactive, listless, supine, lumpish, habitually idle. 2. Slowly operative, slow, sluggish, inactive, inert, acting slowly …

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  • 5loiter — loi•ter [[t]ˈlɔɪ tər[/t]] v. i. 1) to linger aimlessly or as if aimlessly in or about a place 2) to move in a slow, idle manner 3) to waste time or dawdle over work 4) to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usu. fol. by away): to loiter… …

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  • 6slow-mov|ing — «SLOH MOO vihng», adjective. 1. that moves or goes slowly; slowgoing: »Large droves of patient, slow moving cattle arrived (Rolf Boldrewood). 2. making slow progress; advancing or acting slowly: »slow moving stock (Harper s) …

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  • 7tardy — tardily, adv. tardiness, n. /tahr dee/, adj., tardier, tardiest. 1. late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today? 2. moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish. 3. delaying through reluctance. [1475 85; earlier tardive, tardif < OF < VL&#8230; …

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  • 8Finsen , Niels Ryberg — (1860–1904) Danish physician Finsen, the son of a leading civil servant, was born at Thorshavn on the Faeroe Islands, which are part of Denmark; he was educated in Reykjavik and at the University of Copenhagen, where he qualified as a physician&#8230; …

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  • 9tardy — tar•dy [[t]ˈtɑr di[/t]] adj. di•er, di•est 1) late; behind time; not on time 2) moving or acting slowly; sluggish 3) delaying through reluctance • Etymology: 1475–85; earlier tardive, tardif &LT; OF &LT; VL *tardīvus= L tard(us) slow + īvus ive&#8230; …

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  • 10tardy — /ˈtadi / (say tahdee) adjective (tardier, tardiest) 1. moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish. 2. late or behindhand. 3. delaying through reluctance. {Middle English tardive, from French, from Late Latin tardīvus, Latin tardus slow} –tardily,&#8230; …