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This is the adverb of slow: it describes how the doing goes, and the picture is a long stretch of time between the start and the finish. That stretch can be a walk, or it can be a change so gradual you only notice it when you look back — which is where the fixed phrase slowly but surely comes in.
這是 slow 的副詞形，形容的是動作進行的樣子，畫面則是「從開始到結束之間拉得很長的一段時間」。這段時間可以是走路…更多收起
這是 slow 的副詞形，形容的是動作進行的樣子，畫面則是「從開始到結束之間拉得很長的一段時間」。這段時間可以是走路的速度，也可以是一種慢到你回頭看才發現的改變——固定說法 slowly but surely 講的就是後面這種：雖然慢，但確實在往前走。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
slowlyadv/ˈsləʊli/
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mannerAt a slow pace.
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
- When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。