slow
adj 1 -a polepole a ~journey safari ya polepole. 2 -zito. ~ of wit mzito. 3 (of watches and clocks) -a kuchelewa, -a nyuma be ~ by 10 minutes chelewa dakika kumi. 4 a kuchosha, siovutia. 5 (compounds) slow-coach n mtu mzito, mwenda pole. ~ march n (mil.) mwendo wa pole. ~-match n utambi wa kuwaka polepole. ~motion n (films) mwendopole. slow-witted adj bozi. slowly adv. slowness n adv 1 polepole. go ~ enda polepole; (of workers) fanya mgomo baridi. 2 kwa upole vi,vt ~ (something) up/down punguka, punguza mwendo, enda polepole. ~-down (strike) n mgomo baridi.