Definition
One who takes a long time to learn or understand things; a slow learner.
In Context
- "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."