Ponderously
['pɔndərəsli]
Definition
(adv.) in a heavy ponderous manner; 'he moves ponderously'.
(adv.) in an uninterestingly ponderous manner; 'the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a ponderous manner.
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Examples
- He was silent and sensitive, and ready to sigh and languish ponderously (as only fat men CAN sigh and languish) on the smallest provocation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The exposed machinery creaked and groaned, the unguarded paddle-wheels revolved ponderously and splashed a great deal of water, the tiller was badly placed for steering. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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