snail pace

A form of snail's pace — A frustratingly slow rate of speed.

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Meanings

nounsnail pace (plural snail paces)

plural snail paces

  1. alternativeAlternative form of snail's pace.

    Once upon the stone he slowed to snail pace, straining his sight to avoid the pockets and holes.

    1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC
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APA

snail pace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snail%20pace

MLA

“snail pace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snail%20pace. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snail pace,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snail%20pace.

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