Quick and Slower

Quick

Quick adjective - Having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation.

Slower is an antonym for quick.

Nearby Words: quicken, quickly, quickness, quickie

Slower

Slower adverb - More slowly.

Quick is an antonym for slower in topics: unintelligent, unhurried, behind.

Both words in one sentence

  • Instead of writing lines, he's feeding the machine, then the bell rings, there's the usual quick pan to the main doors... and we wait because he's so much slower now.
  • Film / Romancing the Stone He says he's gonna either kill her 'quick like the tongue of a snake, or slower than the molasses in January.' 'But it was October', she protests.Grogan: I'd kill ya if it was the Fourth of July!
  • They also run slower than the killers, forcing them to rely on misdirection and quick wits to outsmart them.
    Source: Run or Die
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