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Synonyms for ponderous

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Synonyms for ponderous

having a relatively great weight

unwieldy or clumsy, especially due to excess weight

lacking fluency or gracefulness

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Synonyms for ponderous

slow and laborious because of weight

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having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

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labored and dull

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And as he puzzled over the covered pit, there loomed suddenly before his mental vision a huge, gray-black bulk which lumbered ponderously along a jungle trail.
It's a society," he explained, standing ponderously by the side of the arm-chair, "not anarchist in principle, but open to all shades of revolutionary opinion."
By Jove, it is near morning now.' He yawned ponderously, and with never a civil word lumbered off to his sleeping-place.
"M--yes, a new kind of bullock," the Mugger repeated ponderously, to make himself quite sure in his own mind; and "Certainly it is a bullock," said the Jackal.
'A casco or covered boat that used to ply the Pasig and other major rivers can be seen ponderously moving up the still waters by bargemen,' Nakpil described the painting.
Both teams started off quite ponderously in the tricky conditions and it was County who threatened the try line first in the seventh minute.
It is understood Sweden have identified the tactic as a source of weakness and believe the back three move the ball too ponderously. Expect a high line and pressure on the trio to make a mistake.
Zimbabwe responded slowly and still required 99 runs off the final six overs as they moved ponderously to 89 for 5 with Tarisai Mukasanda contributing 34.
Substituted at halftime 3 Matic Played ponderously until he stepped up and wellied a howitzer in Fergie time to complete comeback 7 Pogba It is not a coincidence he has not performed since Alexis Sanchez arrived.
As such, Newcastle's attack was crablike, ponderously shifting from side to side before being pushed back by the current of Gloucester bodies.
AS work experience goes, it had the edge on filing, making the tea, photocopying and watching the clock head ponderously towards 5pm.
Barlow is deliberate with words, and sometimes almost ponderously inarticulate.
McGeough's run and feed at the edge of the box, a beautifully deft flick with the outside of his boot by Holt, and with Ash Taylor ponderously slow in the turn for McGeough continuing his run, the former Celtic midfielder's finish was a touch of class.
While the beginning of the book moves ponderously, the final third becomes a series of dramatic captures and rescues.