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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ゆっくり

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yukkuri

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Slowly/ˈsloʊ.li/
adverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は景色を楽しむためにゆっくり歩きます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a slow manner; not quickly.

    "She walked slowly to enjoy the scenery."
  2. 2

    Gradually or over a long period.

    "The project is progressing slowly but surely."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English adjective 'slāw', meaning sluggish or dull, combined with the adverbial suffix '-lic'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from denoting mental or physical sluggishness to describing a low rate of speed or motion.

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