| slow to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, unwillingness) | |
| soft(adjective, weak, ability, informal, base) | |
| stolid(adjective, simple, slow, stupid, sluggish) | |
| thickheaded | |
| transposed | |
| turned around(verb, expression, adverb, phrasal verb) | |
| unintelligent(adjective, dull, simple, slow, silly) | |
| unpunctual(adjective, adverb, dull, low, slow) | |
| untimely | |
| upside down(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb) | |
| wavering(adjective, retiring, bashful) | |
| after(adjective, adverb, end, back, last) | |
| after time(expression, idiom, lateness) | |
| again | |
| against the grain(expression, adjective, idiom, forced, averse) | |
| ago | |
| anticlockwise | |
| backsliding(adjective, regression, regressive) | |
| balking(slow, shy, averse, unwilling, reluctant) | |
| behind the times(expression, idiom) |
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