slow but sure

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slow but sure and slowly but surely

slow but unstoppable. Bob's progress on his novel was slow but sure. Nancy is finishing the paint job on her house, slowly but surely.

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The widow said I was coming along slow but sure, and doing very satisfactory. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context By slow but sure degrees, the terrors of that hateful corner swell until they beset him at all times; invade his rest, make his dreams hideous, and his nights dreadful. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context Slow but sure (for I conceive that the Book of Destiny has been written up from the beginning to the last page) it had been coming for something like six years--and now it had come. Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context			slog through slop slop around slop on slop out slop over slope slope away from slope down slope toward slope up slosh slosh around slosh on slosh over slosh through slouch slouch around slouch behind slouch down slouch over slough off slow slow and steady wins the race slow as molasses in January slow but sure slow down slow going slow off the mark slow on the draw slow on the uptake slow study slow up slower slower and slower slowly sluff slug it out sluice sluice down sluice out slump slump down slump down in slump over slur over slush up sly sly as a fox smack smack down			Slovokia Slovokia SLOVTS Slovtsov, Petr Slovtsov, Petr Andreevich Slovyansk slow slow slow slow slow slow Slow Above Slow Acting Anti-Rheumatic Drug Slow and Steady Get Me Ready Slow and Steady Wins the Race slow and sure slow and sure slow and sure slow and sure slow as molasses in January Slow Associated Control Channel Slow AV Slow Ball Slow Blow Slow Boat from China Slow Boat To China slow burn slow burn Slow Burning slow but sure slow channel slow channel slow channel slow channel slow channel Slow Children At Play Slow Children Playing Slow Circulating Rate Slow clap Slow clap Slow coach slow code Slow Continuous Quality Improvement Slow Continuous Ultrafiltration Slow cooker Slow Cookoff Bomb Slow Cortical Potential Slow Crack Growth slow death slow death factor slow death factor slow death factor slow death factor slow diastolic depolarization slow down slow down slow down slow down slow down slow down or up

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