Slow Dictionary Function in Mail

I have noticed that when in Mail and typing a new message, if I need the dictionary function, it seems to take forever to load. This does not happen in any other app. Does anyone else have this experience and a solution?
Thanks,
Glen

I'm having the same issue with slow typing in mail. It is confined to mail.app and is absolutely killing me. Everything was running fine one day, then the next I had this mail issue. I send emails all day long, and am being forced to switch out of mail.app (my preferred program) and into something else because of this problem.
I can find no fix, no matter how hard I search for one. Has anyone found a cure for this?
Thanks.

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