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ponderous
01
difficult to move or manage due to bulk
Disapproving
Formal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most ponderous
Comparative
more ponderous
gradable
Examples
The ponderous sofa would n't fit through the narrow hallway.
02
of great physical weight
Examples
The ponderous safe required a forklift to move.
03
possessing the quality of being very boring, slow, and serious, particularly used for speeches and writings
Disapproving
Formal
Examples
The professor 's ponderous lecture made it hard for students to stay awake.
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