shuffling · dawdling · inching · snail · tortoise · glacial · leisurely · dragging · lumbering · ambling · meandering · lagging · molasses · sauntering · languid · unhurried · sloth · wading
IDEA.org / Words / moving slowly
Related — crawling (Moving on hands, knees); creeping (Moving slowly, stealthily); sluggish (Slow and inactive); plodding · trudging · shuffling · dawdling · inching · snail · tortoise · glacial · leisurely · dragging
speed of movementmoving slowly ≠ speeding Exceeding posted velocity limits; rushing · racing · sprinting · dashing · hurrying
dynamism and urgencymoving slowly ≠ hustling Hurrying or swindling; scrambling · in a hurry · on the double · at full tilt
progress and efficiencymoving slowly ≠ making headway Achieving forward progress; accelerating · gaining ground · on a roll
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/moving_slowly