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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

धीमा

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dhīmā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Slow/sloʊ/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"कछुआ बहुत धीमा चलता है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Moving or operating at a low speed; not fast.

    "The traffic was very slow during the morning commute."
As verb
  1. 1

    To reduce one's speed or the speed of something.

    "You need to slow down when driving near the school."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'slāw', meaning sluggish, slow, or dull, which traces back to Proto-Germanic '*slaiwaz'. Over time, the semantic scope broadened from physical sluggishness to encompass temporal slowness, lack of intelligence, and the regulation of speed.

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