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Ploddingly

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Adverb

1. ploddingly

in a plodding manner

Example Sentences:
'this writer ploddingly accumulates detail after detail'

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Ploddingly

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verbWord forms: plods, plodding or plodded
1. 
to make (one's way) or walk along (a path, road, etc) with heavy usually slow steps
2. (intransitive)
to work slowly and perseveringly
noun
3. 
the act of plodding
4. 
the sound of slow heavy steps
5. British slang
a policeman

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Ploddingly

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈplodded or ˈplodding
1. 
to walk or move heavily and laboriously; trudge
2. 
to work steadily and monotonously; drudge
noun
3. 
the act of plodding
4. 
the sound of a heavy step

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Ploddingly

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v. plod·ded, plod·ding, plods
v.intr.
1. To move or walk heavily or laboriously; trudge: "donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin" (D.H. Lawrence).
2. To work or act perseveringly or monotonously; drudge: plodding through a mountain of paperwork.
v.tr.
To trudge along or over.
n.
1. The act of moving or walking heavily and slowly.
2. The sound made by a heavy step.

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