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

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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