ponderous
adjective
of great weight; heavy; massive.
ponderously
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a word derived from
ponderous.
Example Sentences
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She has acknowledged the influence of Dickens’s “outrage, inventiveness and empathy,” and her sprawling books—larger-than-life, tragedy prone and sometimes ponderously socially conscious—depict systemic cruelty and heroic resilience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Leadership often appears to be everything and nothing at the same time — a mix of trite advice, contradictory analysis and ponderously obvious observation.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Making those who have impacted the whole will of course take federal intervention - which often is ponderously slow in arriving.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
Public art can sometimes feel ponderously corporate or impersonal, but the unroofed splendor of Pepper’s site-specific works can prompt unexpectedly potent encounters.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
“Then by all means, meander slowly and ponderously until my feathers molt,” said Boo.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
