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ponderous

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pon·der·ous  (pndr-s)
adj.
1. Having great weight.
2. Unwieldy from weight or bulk.
3. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. See Synonyms at heavy.

[Middle English, from Old French pondereux, from Latin pondersus, from pondus, ponder-, weight; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

ponder·ous·ly adv.
ponder·ous·ness, ponder·osi·ty (-s-t) n.

ponderous [ˈpɒndərəs]
adj
1. of great weight; heavy; huge
2. (esp of movement) lacking ease or lightness; awkward, lumbering, or graceless
3. dull or laborious a ponderous oration
[from Latin ponderōsus of great weight, from pondus weight]
ponderously  adv
ponderousness , ponderosity [ˌpɒndəˈrɒsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ponderous - slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
heavy-footed - (of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk"
2.ponderous - having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
3.ponderous - labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"
uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"

ponderous
adjective
2. clumsy, awkward, lumbering, laborious, graceless, elephantine, heavy-footed He strolled about with a ponderous, heavy gait.
clumsy light, graceful, light-footed
Translations
ponderous [ˈpɒndərəs] ADJpesado
ponderous [ˈpɒndərəs] adj
[writing, speech] → solennel(le)
[movement, action] → pesant(e)
ponderous
adj
(= laboured, clumsy) person, movement, stepsschwerfällig; (= heavy)massiv
(= too serious) bookgewichtig; jokeschwerfällig
ponderous [ˈpɒndrəs] adjpesante, ponderoso/a
ponderous [ˈpɒndrəs] adjpesante, ponderoso/a


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Often had I pondered on the odd instructions he had left me governing the construction of his mighty tomb, and especially those parts which directed that he be laid in an OPEN casket and that the ponderous mechanism which controlled the bolts of the vault's huge door be accessible ONLY FROM THE INSIDE.
Captain Hull then took a key from his girdle, unlocked the chest, and lifted its ponderous lid.
This may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of twenty-eight--perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.
 
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