plodding — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Progressing slowly and laboriously.

Noun

1. Slow, laborious progress.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow.

   Many a game is won by mere steady plodding.

Adjective

1. (of movement) slow and laborious

   Synonyms

   leaden

   Examples

   leaden steps

Noun

1. hard monotonous routine work

   Synonyms

   drudgerygrinddonkeywork

   Broader terms

   laborlabourtoil

2. the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

   Synonyms

   plod

   Broader terms

   walkwalking

   Examples

   I could recognize his plod anywhere