PONDEROUS
\pˈɒndəɹəs], \pˈɒndəɹəs], \p_ˈɒ_n_d_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of PONDEROUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
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Important; momentous; forcible.
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Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke.
By Oddity Software
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Very heavy; labored; duil.
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Ponderously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Ponderously.
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Having weight; unusually weighty or forcible; also, huge; bulky.
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Impressive, as by weight of learning.
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Heavy to the extent of dulness; lumbering; labored.
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Ponderosity.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman