1. at a slow speed; not quickly:"they moved forward slowly"Similarunhurriedlywithout hurryingat a leisurely paceat a slow paceleisurelysteadilytaking one's timein one's own good timeat a snail's paceploddinglywith heavy stepswith leaden stepsheavilyadagiolentolargolarghettoadagiettograduallybit by bitby degreeslittle by littleslowly but surelystep by stepinchmealOppositefastquicklyrapidlyby leaps and bounds