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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