Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLOW-NESS, n.

1. Moderate motion; want of speed or velocity. Swiftness and slowness are relative ideas. – Watts.
2. Tardy advance; moderate progression; as, the slowness of an operation; slowness of growth or improvement.
3. Dullness to admit conviction or affection; as, slowness of heart. – Bentley.
4. Want of readiness or promptness; dullness of intellect.
5. Deliberation; coolness; caution in deciding.
6. Dilatoriness; tardiness.