ponderous
/ˈpɒndərəs/ adjectiveDefinition
BORING › Ponderous speech or writing is boring or too serious.
SLOW › slow because of being very heavy or large
ponderously adverb (Definition of ponderous adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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