going vs slow

going

adj
  • Likely to continue; viable. 

  • Current, prevailing. 

  • Available. 

noun
  • Conditions for advancing in any way. 

  • The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. 

  • The whereabouts (of something). 

  • The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. 

  • Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. 

  • Progress. 

  • A departure. 

verb
  • Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. 

slow

adj
  • Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time. 

  • Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time. 

  • Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness. 

  • Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend. 

  • Not busy; lacking activity. 

  • Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed. 

  • Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution. 

adv
  • Slowly. 

noun
  • A slow song. 

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard. 

verb
  • To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of. 

  • To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate. 

  • To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. 

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