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The lacunary series of the form \(\sum_k f(n_k x)\) are considered, where \(f:{\mathbb R}\to{\mathbb R}\) is a Lebesgue measurable function satisfying \(f(x+1)=f(x)\), \(\int_0^1 f(x)dx=0\), and \(\int_0^1 f^2(x)dx=1\). The asymptotic properties of such series have been investigated by many authors and are very similar to those of independent random variables. Especially complete results are known in the case where \((n_k)\) is a sequence satisfying the Hadamard gap condition \(n_{k+1}/n_k \geq q>1\). The purpose of this paper is to prove an asymptotic result for \(\sum_k f(n_k x)\) where \((n_k)\) grows slower than exponentially, namely, for subexponential \((n_k)\). The following theorem is proved: Let \((n_k)\) be a sequence of positive integers satisfying \(n_{k+1}/n_k \geq 1+\varrho_k\), where \((\varrho_k)\) is nonincreasing with \(\lim_{k\to\infty}\varrho_k =0\) and \(\varrho_k \geq k^{-\alpha}\) for some \(0<\alpha <1/2\). If \(f\) is of bounded variation on \((0,1)\) then \[ \limsup_{N\to\infty}\Biggl\{\biggl(\log {1\over{\varrho_{N^2}}}\sqrt{N\log \log N}\biggr)^{-1} \biggl| \sum_{k\leq N} f(n_k x)\biggr| \Biggr\} < +\infty \quad \text{a.e}. \]