ploddingly

plod  (pld)

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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[Perhaps imitative.]

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plodder n.

plodding·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

ploddingly - in a plodding manner; "this writer ploddingly accumulates detail after detail"