Ponderously is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ponderously meaning
- In a ponderous manner; very slowly.
- With the appearance of great weight.
Using Ponderously
- The main meaning on this page is: In a ponderous manner; very slowly. | With the appearance of great weight.
Context around Ponderously
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ponderously
- In this selection, "ponderously" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, move, ride and declared stand out and add context to how "ponderously" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bedtime to ponderously ride my and sahib ji ponderously declared that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ponderously" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ponderously
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Later the column proceeded as a cylinder of white smoke; it seemed to move ponderously. (15 words)
Last night, there was a quest I really wanted to do before I went to bed, but I knew it would take me way past my bedtime to ponderously ride my horse there. (33 words)
The silence hung between them, huge, sharp and hollow, and was broken only when Sahib Ji ponderously declared that he and Baji had both decided that it was time for Aslam to leave. (33 words)
Last night, there was a quest I really wanted to do before I went to bed, but I knew it would take me way past my bedtime to ponderously ride my horse there. (33 words)
The silence hung between them, huge, sharp and hollow, and was broken only when Sahib Ji ponderously declared that he and Baji had both decided that it was time for Aslam to leave. (33 words)
Later the column proceeded as a cylinder of white smoke; it seemed to move ponderously. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
Last night, there was a quest I really wanted to do before I went to bed, but I knew it would take me way past my bedtime to ponderously ride my horse there.
The silence hung between them, huge, sharp and hollow, and was broken only when Sahib Ji ponderously declared that he and Baji had both decided that it was time for Aslam to leave.
Later the column proceeded as a cylinder of white smoke; it seemed to move ponderously.