snaillike

adjective

Definition of snaillikenext
as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed the application process for an overseas adoption has been moving at a snaillike pace

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  1. leisurely
  2. slow
Adjective
  • Guests can choose to grab a smoothie and pastry to go or enjoy a leisurely breakfast of bacon and egg sammys on brioche buns or a forest mushroom and goat cheese omelet.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For the next 20 minutes, Hutzler flies at a leisurely 35 mph (56 kph) above the expansive fields around Pueblo, a city near the Front Range mountains.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of leisurely
Adjective
  • The slow rate at which this is occurring indicates this cosmic vampirism will last for hundreds of thousands to billions of years.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The problem is that these systems are slow, expensive and don’t scale.
    — Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of slow
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“Snaillike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snaillike. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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