leaden
adjective
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move.
leadenly
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a word derived from
leaden.
Example Sentences
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Thankfully, Kristine Froseth adds pep as a bimbo who hasn’t yet learned how to talk as leadenly as everyone else.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Fletcher likes to coin leadenly literal terms like “Sorrow Resolver” for the “inventions” he identifies in various texts.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2021
The orchestral playing was unusually clumpy, leadenly conducted by Michele Mariotti.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
It involves a vampire youth cult and feels a bit 2006, a bit leadenly post-Twilight.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
But the day wore on without sign of his young friend, and the furrows which he had turned so joyously at nine were dragging leadenly at eleven.
From Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day by Robert J. C. Stead
