snail's pace
Extremely slow progress
A snail's pace is an extremely slow rate of movement or progress.
The phrase draws on the snail's reputation as one of nature's slowest creatures: Traffic moved at a snail's pace.
It often carries impatience or criticism: Reform proceeded at a snail's pace.
Proceeding by small additions
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- bit-by-bitIn gradual increments
- phasedIntroduced or removed incrementally
progressive · piecemeal · sequential · measured · systematic · evolutionary · plodding · inching
Taking one's time
- relaxedFree of stress
- easygoingRelaxed in temperament
- laid-backCalm and unhurried
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
ambling · strolling · sauntering · moseying · dawdling · loitering · lingering · taking one's time
incremental
Proceeding by small additions
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- bit-by-bitIn gradual increments
phased · progressive · piecemeal · sequential · measured · systematic · evolutionary · plodding · inching · creeping
unhurried
Taking one's time
meandering · ambling · strolling · sauntering · moseying · dawdling · loitering · lingering · taking one's time · casual
lethargic
Lacking energy or alertness
slothful · drowsy · slow-moving · lagging · dragging · plodding · trudging · crawling · poky · dawdling
snail's pacebreakneck speed
Dangerously rapid velocity
lightning speed · full speed · top speed · warp speed · sprint
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