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dead slow

adverb

, Nautical.
  1. as slow as possible without losing steerageway.


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Example Sentences

Very slowly we crawl on, making hardly a ripple; we are going dead slow now, scarcely moving, in fact.

During this period, it is often necessary to steam dead slow, for it is impossible to see a boat's length ahead.

But, pard, it was dead slow, an' so I hired a man to run the works while I hit the old trail again.

There were some moments of hope, dashed by the necessity of going dead slow behind an interloping van.

From that time I went dead slow and began to bring the Southern Cross about.

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