adj. unusually weighty or forcible
She thought ponderously about the meaning of the book.
She thought ponderously about the meaning of the book.
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''Sea spiders moved ponderously amoung the rocks hunting for coral.'' What is 'coral?'
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The scientist all boarded the bus and ''it rolled ponderously over the frozen McMurdo Sound.'' What does 'ponderously' mean?
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heavy; massive; weighty; hefty
light
4 syllables
pon-der-ous-ly
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