| creeping(adjective, slowness) |
| decided(adjective, firm, intense, determined, resolute) |
| dogged(adjective, determined, resolute, intentional) |
| even(adjective, calm, soft, reasonable, gentle) |
| fastidious(thoughtful, sober, cautious, prudent, wary) |
| firm(adjective, intense, determined, resolute, decisive) |
| guarded(adjective, careful, thoughtful, sober, cautious) |
| lazy(adjective, easy, slow, relaxed, late) |
| lingering(adjective, slow, late, remiss, tardy) |
| negotiate(verb, check, consider, settle, see) |
| observant(adjective, cool, kind, friendly, alert) |
| painstaking(adjective, slow, exact, careful, precise) |
| perpend(verb, study, mean, develop, consider) |
| plodding(adjective, slow) |
| powwow(verb, phrasal verb, meet, check, consider) |
| prearranged(adjective, set, fixed, witting, planned) |
| preconceived |
| prepense(adjective, planned, prearranged, intentional, intended) |
| projected(adjective, intentional) |
| put heads together(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, check) |