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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening slowly, evenly |
| Synonyms: | bit-by-bit, by degrees, continuous, creeping, even, gentle, graduate, moderate, piecemeal, progressive, regular, slow, steady, step-by-step, successive, unhurried |
| Antonyms: | abrupt, infrequent, intermittent, sudden, uneven |
| Main Entry: | imperceptible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to sense; faint |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, vague |
| Antonyms: | apparent, conspicuous, distinct, evident, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, seeable, striking, unobscured |
| Main Entry: | piecemeal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | bit by bit |
| Synonyms: | at intervals, by degrees, by fits and starts, fitfully, fragmentary, gradual, gradually, intermittent, intermittently, interrupted, little by little, partial, partially, patchy, spotty, step by step |
| Antonyms: | all, completely, totally, wholly |
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
| Synonyms: | accelerating, advanced, advancing, avant-garde*, bleeding-heart, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, developing, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, escalating, forward-looking, go-ahead, gradual, graduated, increasing, intensifying, left of center, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, reformist, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming, up-to-date, wide |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhurried, lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, loitering, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, plodding, ponderous, postponing, procrastinating, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow-moving, sluggish, snaillike, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, tortoiselike |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | behind, late |
| Synonyms: | backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, delayed, detained, dilatory, down, draggy, dull, gradual, hindered, impeded, inactive, lingering, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, low, moderate, off, overdue, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack, sleepy, sluggish, stagnant, stiff, tame, tardy, tedious, time-consuming, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | on cue, on time, ready, waiting |
| Main Entry: | insensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent |
| Synonyms: | cold, gradual, imperceivable, imperceptible, inanimate, inappreciable, insensate, numb, obdurate, oblivious, torpid, unaware, unconscious, unfeeling, unimpressible, unintelligible, unmindful, unsusceptible |
| Antonyms: | caring |
| Main Entry: | imponderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperceptible |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, unobservable, vague |
| Main Entry: | inappreciable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperceptible |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, unobservable, vague |
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