ponderously

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a heavy ponderous manner

   They move ponderously.

2. 2
   adv

   in an uninterestingly ponderous manner

   the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets

3. 3
   adv

   In a ponderous manner; very slowly.

   Sir Ernest Heavywether rose ponderously.

4. 4
   adv

   With the appearance of great weight.

   A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar.

Etymology

From ponderous + -ly.