plodding

verb

Meaning

To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
To trudge over or through.
To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
Slow, laborious progress.
Progressing slowly and laboriously.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

effortful(English)drudgery(English)grind(English)donkeywork(English)leaden(English)walking(English)walk(English)snail-paced(English)mediocrity(English)dull(English)pace(English)moments(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

plodding — meaning and etymology | WikiWord