snail's pace

snail's pace
noun
Etymology: Middle English snayles pas
: an excessively slow pace or rate of speed

business is progressing at a snail's pace

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an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
[1400-50; late ME]

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snail's pace noun
A very slow speed
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Main Entry:snail

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snail's pace,
a very slow pace: »

... to accelerate our lunar research from a mere snail's pace to a speed which should reveal many new discoveries... (Gilbert Fielder).

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n. [in sing.] an extremely slow speed

he drove at a snail's pace

Derivatives:
snail-paced adj.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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