snailing
Proceeding extremely slowly
Moving at the pace of a snail—extremely slowly and without urgency.
The word suggests deliberate unhurriedness or frustrating lack of speed: We were snailing along behind a tractor for miles.
Sometimes used approvingly for taking life slowly: Just snailing through my Sunday morning.
Moving on hands, knees
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- inchingMoving very gradually
leisurely · unhurried · sluggish · lagging · meandering · ambling · poking · trudging
Soft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- shellHard outer covering
- slimeThick wet gunk
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- gardenCultivated plant area
slug · trail · mucus · hermaphrodite · pest · lettuce · nocturnal · spiral
Of mail service
- letterWritten symbol or message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- slowLacking in speed
- deliveryConveyance of goods
envelope · postcard · handwritten · traditional · waiting · patience · stamp · mailbox
crawling
Moving on hands, knees
inching · leisurely · unhurried · sluggish · lagging · meandering · ambling · poking · trudging · shuffling
mollusk
Soft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
garden · slug · trail · mucus · hermaphrodite · pest · lettuce · nocturnal · spiral · terrestrial
postal
Of mail service
- letterWritten symbol or message
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- slowLacking in speed
delivery · envelope · postcard · handwritten · traditional · waiting · patience · stamp · mailbox · penpal
collecting
Gathering items over time
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- terrariumGlass-walled growing enclosure
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
husbandry · keeping · pet · substrate · humidity · feeding · calcium · cuttlebone · species · ramshorn
snailingfast-tracking
Accelerating a procedure's timeline
expediting · accelerating · pressing on · pushing forward · surging