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PLODDINGLY
ploddingly
(adverb) in a plodding manner; “this writer ploddingly accumulates detail after detail”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
ploddingly (comparative more ploddingly, superlative most ploddingly)
In a dull, predictable manner.
Source: Wiktionary
PLODDING
Plod"ding, a.
Definition: Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv.
PLOD
Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.] Etym: [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.]
1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. Shak.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." Drayton.
Plod, v. t.
Definition: To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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