おそい
slow, late
A road with something on it that is in no rush whatsoever. The car in front has done forty for six miles and there is nowhere to pass: oh, so slow おそい: おそい.
Does slow and late both, so it is the opposite of 早い はやい and of 速い はやい at once.
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