Plodding
['plɑdɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; 'I could recognize his plod anywhere'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plod
(a.) Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hard-working.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Painstaking, industrious, persevering, laborious, studious
ANT:Indiligent, unindustrious, distracted, inattentive, impatient, unpersevering,flighty, fitful
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Examples
- Two other passengers, besides the one, were plodding up the hill by the side of the mail. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I'm used to plodding in the mud, returned Jo, winking hard, because she would have died rather than openly wipe her eyes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I met Supplehough, he continued, plodding through the mud this wet night, going to preach at Milldean opposition shop. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What would the plodding copyists say to this! Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then, he was alone with Sikes, plodding on as on the previous day; and as shadowy people passed them, he felt the robber's grasp upon his wrist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- With that they began their plodding through the fog. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For I am a plodding kind of fellow, Copperfield, and had learnt the way of doing such things pithily. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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