Slow
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of. To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: 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 happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Someone who is slow; a sluggard. A slow song.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Slowly (usually in combinations).
Example sentence: True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
Slack
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Small coal; coal dust.A valley, or small, shallow dell.The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: Slackly.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.Weak; not holding fast.Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to procrastinate; to be lazyto refuse or dislike exerting effort
Example sentence: Americans are very practical folks. Accustomed to hard choices in their own lives, they are willing to give us in intelligence a lot of slack as we make the hard choices our profession demands.