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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -ponderou-, *ponderou*
Possible hiragana form: ぽんでろう
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WordNet (3.0)
ponderous(adj) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness, Example: a ponderous stone; a ponderous burden; ponderous weapons
ponderous(adj) labored and dull, Example: a ponderous speech
ponderously(adv) in an uninterestingly ponderous manner, Example: the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets
ponderously(adv) in a heavy ponderous manner, Example: he moves ponderously
ponderousness(n) an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency, Syn. heaviness, Example: a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness; his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Ponderous

a. [ L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pondéreux. See Ponder. ] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sepulcher . . .
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Important; momentous; forcible. “Your more ponderous and settled project.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. [ 1913 Webster ]


Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Ponderously

adv. In a ponderous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ponderousness

n. The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

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