slowliness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From slowly +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

slowliness (uncountable)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Slowness.
    • 1904, Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, volume 20, page 366:
      "In all my experience and observation," says Dr. W. O. Krohn, "I have never seen a single case of brain disorderliness, of brain slowliness that was not benefited by physical training."
    • 1991, Marco de Meijer, Emotional Meaning in Large Body Movements, page 199:
      This suggests that many of them are sensitive to the idea, that slowliness is a characteristic cue of grief (making it more sure that grief is felt by the mover), but it is not a necessary cue.
    • 2019, Mona Sakr, Digital Play in Early Childhood: What's the Problem?:
      Digital play might inhibit this slowliness, because, as mentioned earlier, there is not the same responsiveness to the subtleties of the touch interaction.