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
It’s ironic that the specifically magical features of “Poker Face’s” premise produce a distinctly unmagical, ploddingly bureaucratic frame: Charlie knows the truth, so now she needs to find evidence to prove it.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
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
The action set pieces in particular are ploddingly dull.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2019
He resumed his onward way ploddingly and determinedly, though he was beginning to be conscious of an increasing weariness and lassitude which seemed to threaten him with a break-down ere long.
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
