Meanings
plural slownesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality or state of being slow.
Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.
2003 April 30, Hazel Muir, “Einstein and Newton showed signs of autism”, in New Scientist, retrieved 15 Nov 2012 - uncountableusuallynatural sciencesA unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.
Synonyms & antonyms
noununskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
nouna rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
nounlack of normal development of intellectual capacities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek βραδυτής
- βραδυτής (bradutḗs)quality of being slow
Catalan lentitud
- lentitudquality of being slow
Czech pomalost
- pomalostquality of being slow
Danish langsomhed
- langsomhedquality of being slow
Dutch langzaamheid, traagheid
- langzaamheidquality of being slow
- traagheidquality of being slow
Esperanto malrapideco
- malrapidecoquality of being slow
Finnish hitaus
- hitausquality of being slow
French lenteur
- lenteurquality of being slow
German Langsamkeit, Trägheit
- Langsamkeitquality of being slow
- Trägheitquality of being slow
Greek βραδύτητα
- βραδύτητα (vradýtita)quality of being slow
Hebrew איטיות
- איטיות (itiyút)quality of being slow
Hungarian lassúság
- lassúságquality of being slow
Indonesian kelambatan
- kelambatanquality of being slow
Irish leadrán
- leadránquality of being slow
Italian lentezza
- lentezzaquality of being slow
Japanese 遅さ, 遅慢
- 遅さ (ososa)quality of being slow
- 遅慢 (chiman)quality of being slow
- 緩慢 (kanman)quality of being slow
Latin lentitudo, tarditās
- lentitudoquality of being slow
- tarditāsquality of being slow
- sēgnitiaquality of being slow
Latvian lēnums
- lēnumsquality of being slow
Norwegian langsomhet
- langsomhetquality of being slow
Polish powolność
- powolnośćquality of being slow
Portuguese lentidão
- lentidãoquality of being slow
Romanian lentoare
- lentoarequality of being slow
Russian медли́тельность
- медли́тельность (medlítelʹnostʹ)quality of being slow
Slovak pomalosť
- pomalosťquality of being slow
Spanish lentitud, sorna
- lentitudquality of being slow
- sornaquality of being slow
Swedish långsamhet
- långsamhetquality of being slow
Ukrainian пові́льність
- пові́льність (povílʹnistʹ)quality of being slow
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Cite this entry
slowness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowness
“slowness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slowness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowness.
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