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- adjective Pertaining to a
snail ;slow .
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Examples
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The green continuous masses of tree-foliage, lawn, and shrubbery were splendidly asserted; there was a faint wholesome odour from the fine block pavement of the roadway, white, save where the snailish water-wagon laid its long strips of steaming brown.
The Flirt 1912
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The green continuous masses of tree-foliage, lawn, and shrubbery were splendidly asserted; there was a faint wholesome odour from the fine block pavement of the roadway, white, save where the snailish water-wagon laid its long strips of steaming brown.
The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907
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Plus, you can't do full-motion video-or even browse the Web without a snailish slowness from the display.
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What felt fast yesterday may feel snailish tomorrow ...
Blogbot - forsiden 2009
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What felt fast yesterday may feel snailish tomorrow ...
Blogbot - forsiden 2009
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Here Be Monsters and The Wall and the Wing being previously announced), but unfortunately, most of the workforce were laid off and all formal development slowed to snailish pace.
/Film 2009
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