slow-burning - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
slow-burning (comparative more slow-burning, superlative most slow-burning)
- Which burns more slowly than comparable objects.
- Made of material designed to resist fire.
- Antonym: long-burning
- (idiomatic) Emerging or unfolding slowly or gradually.
- Synonym: slow-burn
2021 June 8, Dennis Harvey, “‘La Dosis’ Review: Slow-Burn Thriller Imagines War Between Angels of Death in an ICU”, in Variety[1]:
There are elements of low-key black comedy in our hapless hero’s dealing with clinic superiors, who are so clueless that their suspicions fall on entirely the wrong person. As a thriller, however, “La Dosis” is slow-burning to a fault, never quite arriving at the boil anticipated.
2024 August 9, Laura Snapes, “It’s a femininomenon! How Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom”, in The Guardian[2]:
When the Missouri-born 26-year-old released her debut album last September, it marked the beginning of a slow-burning second act in pop.