leadenly
- 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
Club Foot, Empire and Shoot the Runner are leadenly enjoyable, but they do Fire a terrible disservice by stripping it of its silky malice and adding a gratuitous stomping beat.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2011
The Third, suddenly without the assistance of his anti-grav, crashed into the fence and dropped leadenly to the metalled surface.
From Evil Out of Onzar by Ganes, Mark