Vocabulaire

slowly

/ˈsloʊli/

Exemple: “Please speak slowly.”

Synonymes: tardily, easy, slow

Antonymes: apace, rapidly, speedily

chew

Verbe

Exemple: “Chew your food slowly.”

Synonymes: bite, grind with teeth

Antonymes: swallow

say

Verbe

Exemple: “Please say that again more slowly.”

Synonymes: tell, speak

Antonymes: stay silent

fade

Verbe

Exemple: “The colors began to fade in the sun.”

Synonymes: disappear slowly, lose color

Antonymes: brighten

drag

Verbe

Exemple: “They had to drag the heavy box across the floor.”

Synonymes: pull, haul

Antonymes: push, lift

jog

Verbe

Exemple: “I jog in the park every morning.”

Synonymes: run slowly

Antonymes: walk

climb

Verbe

Exemple: “We climbed the hill slowly.”

Synonymes: go up

Antonymes: descend

brake

Nom

Exemple: “Press the brake slowly.”

Synonymes: stop pedal

Antonymes: accelerator

ponderously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The speech moved ponderously from one topic to another.”

Synonymes: heavily, cumbersomely

Antonymes: lightly, gracefully

speak

Verbe

Exemple: “Can you speak more slowly?”

Synonymes: talk

Antonymes: stay silent

pedal

Nom

Exemple: “Press the brake pedal slowly.”

breathe

Verbe

Exemple: “Breathe slowly.”

Synonymes: take air

Antonymes: hold breath