Meaning of slow march | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A controlled walking pace in a deliberate, steady, rhythmic manner.
   sometimes
2. A march with a relatively slow tempo.
3. A progression or unfolding of events which occurs in an unhurried, steady, deliberate manner.
   broadly, idiomatic

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Examples

“[T]he Rector emerged, erect as a cane, from his garden, and proceeded in slow march⟳, his hands behind him, down the cemetery.”

“This was no other than a column of foot soldiers, marching with perfect regularity. . . . On they came at a slow march⟳.”

“Germany's newest song hit was hummed in streetcars, in movie theaters and at political meetings. . . . Its slow march⟳ tune⟳ was catchy, and its lyrics fitted Berlin's melancholy mood.”

“[S]ome spirits, more audacious than the rest⟳, became restive under the slow march⟳ of events.”

“"[T]he venerable order⟳, the broad slow march⟳ from precedent to precedent that has made our English people great and this sunny island free—it is all an idle tale."”

“For three decades, John Howard has been on a slow march⟳ to end⟳ centralized wage-fixing.”

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