ploddingly

adverb

as in heavily

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ploddingly
  1. heavily
  2. deliberately
  3. cautiously
Adverb
  • Storms last weekend dumped the equivalent of more than two years of water into the town's surface water supply and provided a buffer for an operation that depends heavily on underground aquifers, Huntzinger said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Although digital twins rely heavily on simulation, the two technologies are not interchangeable.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of heavily
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  • The researchers say the cracks can be deliberately incorporated into the coating rather than treated as unwanted defects.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Paladin is running a more altruistic mercenary business (the details are deliberately vague), with Lisa and Edith as assistants.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of deliberately
Adverb
  • Democrats are talking more cautiously now, and the party is rooting them on from DC.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Democrats had been cautiously optimistic heading into the evening, with good polling and the American tradition of midterm backlash against a sitting president behind them.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of cautiously
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“Ploddingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ploddingly. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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