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Grammar : Adv |
Spell : pon-der-uhs |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒn dər əs |
Definition of ponderously
Origin :- c.1400, "thick;" early 15c., "heavy, weighty, clumsy," from Latin ponderosus "of great weight; full of meaning," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weight" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "tedious" is first recorded 1704. Related: Ponderously; ponderousness.
- As in heavily : adv laboriously
- As in hard : adv with difficulty
- “And that was what I was really waiting for,” the slow voice went on ponderously.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- That was another of his girls, he stated, ponderously and under his breath as usual.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- John Turner knew him well, and was ponderously silent respecting him.
- Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
- "You have accurately diagnosed the situation," said Milburgh ponderously.
- Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace
- The other man at the table arose, ponderously, and lumbered toward them.
- Extract from : « The Jupiter Weapon » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- It was Mr. Gassett ponderously climbing the steps of the terrace.
- Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane » by Lily Munsell Ritchie
- "I don't go after for to say that," Cullen said ponderously.
- Extract from : « Colonial Born » by G. Firth Scott
- "Mr. Sanders is in residence, sir," said Bones, ponderously polite.
- Extract from : « The Keepers of the King's Peace » by Edgar Wallace
- Some walked slowly, some fast, some ponderously, some buoyantly.
- Extract from : « Delusion and Dream » by Wilhelm Jensen
- His great head was moving sullenly, ponderously, from side to side.
- Extract from : « Neighbors Unknown » by Charles G. D. Roberts
Synonyms for ponderously
- agonizingly
- arduously
- awkwardly
- badly
- burdensomely
- carefully
- cumbersomely
- cumbrously
- dejectedly
- densely
- distressingly
- dully
- exhaustingly
- gloomily
- gruelingly
- hardly
- harshly
- inconveniently
- laboriously
- massively
- painfully
- ponderously
- profoundly
- roughly
- severely
- sluggishly
- strenuously
- tediously
- thickly
- tiredly
- toilsomely
- unwieldily
- vigorously
- wearily
- weightily
- with great effort
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