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too slow vs too slowly

Both 'too slow' and 'too slowly' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Too slow' is used to describe the speed of an action or process, while 'too slowly' is used to describe the manner in which an action is performed. These phrases are comparable, but they serve different grammatical functions.
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too slow

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the speed of an action or process.

Use 'too slow' when you want to indicate that something is not fast enough or is taking too much time to happen.

Examples:

  • The car was driving too slow for the highway.
  • The internet connection is too slow to stream videos.
  • She walks too slow for my liking.
  • The clock is ticking too slow.
  • The progress of the project is too slow.
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  • Jul 5, 2021 ... I'm working in a wordpress site with local and windows 10 and is too slow. The website hardly has plugins. Is quite light. I don't know why is so slow.
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  • Oct 26, 2020 ... One of my former students, Trevor Harley, is a professional psychologist. I told him about my concern about students who play too slow and ...
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Alternatives:

  • very slow
  • extremely slow
  • unbearably slow
  • painfully slow
  • excruciatingly slow

too slowly

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the manner in which an action is performed.

Use 'too slowly' when you want to indicate that an action is being done at a pace that is too leisurely or not fast enough.

Examples:

  • He was walking too slowly to keep up with the group.
  • She spoke too slowly for the audience to understand.
  • The child ate his dinner too slowly and it got cold.
  • The machine is operating too slowly to meet the production target.
  • The team is progressing too slowly on the project.
  • Nov 29, 2018 ... He always writes slowly. Mark wrote too slowly on the exam. He always writes slowly. Do anyone have an idea about which one is correct.
  • Jun 7, 2024 ... The GC is working perfectly for weeks then it starts getting these "Front inlet heating too slowly: Temperature shut down" errors.
  • Feb 1, 2024 ... 98 votes, 41 comments. Does anyone else feel like they are playing the game too slowly? I just saw a post asking the opposite question which ...
  • Bed heating too slowly ... I can see that the temperature is going up, just not as quickly as the firmware wants but i think that's because of the size of it. How ...
  • Jul 20, 2018 ... Am I progressing too slowly? I'm 15 hours into my save and I only have a seamoth with no upgrades yet... I do have a moon pool and the ...
  • Jan 28, 2017 ... Hi, I seem to have a rate "trip" in the deutwifi that is deciding the hotend temp is rising too slowly and going to fault.
  • Feb 15, 2023 ... Dropbox installer downloading too slowly ... For few days, dropbox was too slow in syncing files, so I thought of reinstalling my dropbox app on ...
  • Jul 9, 2023 ... Expression Tags taking executing too slowly ... Recently we added new tags to an existing system and now all our expression tag are taking ...
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Alternatives:

  • very slowly
  • extremely slowly
  • painfully slowly
  • agonizingly slowly
  • tediously slowly

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