as in cautiously
at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected
walked slowly toward the ringing phone
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Last week, Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell suggested that with the economy generally healthy, the Fed could reduce its key rate slowly.
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
In New Mexico, populations have been slowly moving northward.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2024
Keeping your feet together, lift your left knee open, then slowly lower it back to meet your left.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
Heller slowly turns to look, only to confirm that the scruffy-looking hipster-dad dude, one of a gajillion who also reside in the area, is not Hawke.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
In New Mexico, populations have been slowly moving northward.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2024
Keeping your feet together, lift your left knee open, then slowly lower it back to meet your left.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 11 Dec. 2024
Heller slowly turns to look, only to confirm that the scruffy-looking hipster-dad dude, one of a gajillion who also reside in the area, is not Hawke.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Slowly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slowly. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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