ploddingly
In plodding fashion
Ploddingly describes doing something in a slow, steady, laborious way—without inspiration or energy.
The word suggests dull persistence rather than graceful progress: The novel ploddingly moves through its middle chapters, He ploddingly worked through the stack of paperwork.
There's often an implied criticism: the task gets done, but tediously.
In a slow, lazy manner
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
- lumberinglyIn an ungainly way
- glaciallyAt ice-sheet speed
- pokilyIn an unhurried manner
haltingly · draggingly · torpidly · leadenly · ponderously · heavily · laggardly · unhurriedly
Requiring strenuous effort
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
effortful · grinding · taxing · wearisome · backbreaking · burdensome · onerous · demanding
With obstinate persistence
- determinedlyWith fixed purpose
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- tenaciouslyWith stubborn persistence
- persistentlyIn an unrelenting manner
resolutely · unwaveringly · unflaggingly · indefatigably · stubbornly · relentlessly · patiently · methodically
In unvarying repetition
- boringlyIn an uninteresting manner
- dullyWithout liveliness or sharpness
- drearilyIn a bleak manner
- wearilyIn exhausted manner
tiresomely · repetitively · unvaryingly · drably · lifelessly · soporifically · mechanically · routinely
sluggishly
In a slow, lazy manner
- snail-pacedMoving very slowly
- lumberinglyIn an ungainly way
- glaciallyAt ice-sheet speed
pokily · haltingly · draggingly · torpidly · leadenly · ponderously · heavily · laggardly · unhurriedly · leisurely
toilsome
Requiring strenuous effort
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
painstaking · effortful · grinding · taxing · wearisome · backbreaking · burdensome · onerous · demanding · drudging
doggedly
With obstinate persistence
- determinedlyWith fixed purpose
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- tenaciouslyWith stubborn persistence
persistently · resolutely · unwaveringly · unflaggingly · indefatigably · stubbornly · relentlessly · patiently · methodically · diligently
monotonously
In unvarying repetition
wearily · tiresomely · repetitively · unvaryingly · drably · lifelessly · soporifically · mechanically · routinely · flatly
ploddinglyenergetically
With much vigor
vigorously · dynamically · spiritedly · vivaciously · animatedly
ploddinglynimbly
With light quickness
effortlessly · gracefully · agilely · lightly · lithely