noun
- A very slow rate of speed: crawl, creep. See fast/slow/velocity.
snail's pace
| Thesaurus: snail's pace |
| Idioms: snail's pace |
A very slow pace, as in They're making progress with testing the new vaccine, but at a snail's pace. [c. 1400]
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