plod
verb (used without object)
to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge.
ploddingly
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a word derived from
plod.
Example Sentences
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At Gamesradar, Neil Smith said the film was "about as scary as Barney the purple dinosaur in what is ultimately a ploddingly predictable, gore-lite yawner".
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
The film tells this story straightforwardly if ploddingly, as if it were a bus route.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
But “Rage” it too ploddingly neutral and enamored of access to make a dent in this fallen age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
But the storytelling in “Gwen & Ida” is simultaneously ploddingly direct and — what with the talky reminiscences — lacking in immediacy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019
Our modern system of combating her is too long defensive, and carried on too ploddingly with concrete engines of war in the attack.
From Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
