adjectivenot going fast ExamplesThe sales got off to a slow start, but picked up later. • Business is always slow after Christmas. • They were slow to reply or slow in replying to the customer's complaints. • The board is slow to come to a decision. • There was a slow improvement in sales in the first half of the year.verbto go less fast"...cash paid for stock: overstocked lines, factory seconds, slow sellers" [Australian Financial Review]"...a general price freeze succeeded in slowing the growth in consumer prices" [Financial Times]"...the fall in short-term rates suggests a slowing economy" [Financial Times] not going fast to go less fast