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ploddingly
adverb
uk /ˈplɒd.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈplɑː.dɪŋ.li/
in a way that is slow, continuous, and not exciting:
Most of the time, the play's dialogue is ploddingly dull.
She gave me the impression that she was making ploddingly reliable progress.
I find that the fashion industry can be ploddingly predictable at times.
The film proceeds in a ploddingly familiar way.
Harry's mind works ploddingly and at first he could not appreciate the brilliance of the idea.
A narrator ploddingly explains every single detail of the plot's development.
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snooze
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torpor
turgid
yawningly
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