Thesaurus / slow-footed
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synonyms for slow-footed
- tardy
- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- loitering
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-going
- slow-moving
- slow-paced
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- torpid
- tortoiselike
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How to use slow-footed in a sentence
It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY“The sepoys have come in from Meerut,” he announced with the slow tick of the earliest form of apparatus.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYIt is not surprising after this to learn that some children are slow in seizing the representative character of acting.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAnd he was not slow to notice that his visitor looked fatter each time he saw him.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYOrellana was very warmly received by armed swift-footed females, which originated the fanciful name Amazonia.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLThis is a slow process, but earnest hearts and united minds will render it a sure one.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYI believe so, and I make it a point both with my pupils and myself to practice slow motions.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIt is much easier to strike quickly than slowly, but practice in the slow movement will develop both muscular and nervous power.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThis is one of the truths which sloth, rapacity and extravagance are slow to learn, yet which they cannot safely ignore.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYShe said she was, but she started awful slow, and kinda peered back, and up to the hall.
ALEC LLOYD, COWPUNCHERELEANOR GATESWORDS RELATED TO SLOW-FOOTED
- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- loitering
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-footed
- slow-moving
- slow-paced
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- tardy
- torpid
- tortoiselike
- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- loitering
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-footed
- slow-going
- slow-moving
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- tardy
- torpid
- tortoiselike
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.