Meaning of slow study | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who takes a long time to learn or understand things; a slow learner.
   US, idiomatic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slow, study.

Examples

“I used to write as slow as judgment; now I write rather fast; but I am still 'a slow study,' and sit along while silent on my eggs. Unconscious thought, there is the only method: macerate your subject, let it boil slow, then take the lid off and look in —and there your stuff is, good or bad.”

“He does it so badly, and he is such a slow study, that I'm afraid the first act will break down if I don't give it some vim; after you are once on, the thing will go and I shan't care a red.”

“I was always a slow study, imp, but I made my own decisions.”

“Although I'm a very slow study, Annie Dillard's simple observation is beginning to seep in.”

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