Not moving quickly, taking a comparatively long time
English: slow
lembapBahasa Indonesia
slow, dull, heavy, slack, slacken
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Adjective
Showing lack of attention or boredom
English: drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)
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Slow to learn or understand, lacking intellectual acuity
English: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow
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Not growing or changing, without force or vitality
English: stagnant, moribund
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Flat and uninspiring
English: tame
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Not elegant or graceful in expression
English: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
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Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
English: retarded
Bahasa: dungu
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Retarded in intellectual development
English: backward, half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded
Bahasa: terbelakang, lembam
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Unpleasantly cool and humid
English: clammy, dank
Bahasa: lembab
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Slightly wet
English: damp, dampish, moist
Bahasa: basah, lembab, berair, lengas
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Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
English: humid
Bahasa: basah, lembab, berair, lengas, melengas
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Hot or warm and humid
English: muggy, steamy, sticky
Bahasa: panas
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(of business) not active or brisk
English: dull, slow, sluggish
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(pathology) not progressing or increasing, or progressing slowly
English: inactive
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Lacking lightness or liveliness
English: heavy, leaden
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Noun
Wetness in the atmosphere
English: humidity, humidness
Bahasa: lembab, kelembapan
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Verb
Become slow or slower
English: slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken
Bahasa: mereda, mengendurkan, melarapkan
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Make less active or fast
English: slack, slacken, slack up, relax
Bahasa: longgar, mengendurkan, melambatkan, berhura-hura, berleha-leha, melarapkan
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Make numb or insensitive
English: numb, benumb, blunt, dull
Bahasa: mengantuk, mengurangkan, membebani, berkarat, memberati, mengebaskan, dempak, melindap
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Adverb
With little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
English: quietly, quiet
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Slowly as if burdened by much weight
English: heavy, heavily
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