ploddings
Heavy, laborious walks
Ploddings are instances of slow, laborious progress—the noun form of plod used to describe multiple occasions of trudging or working steadily without flair.
The word emphasizes dullness and persistence over speed: The ploddings of bureaucracy wore him down.
Rare in contemporary usage.
Sounds of walking
- shufflingsDragging foot movements
- heavy-footedWalking loud and clumsily
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- clompingWalking loudly, heavily
stomping · trudging · dragging · shambling · galumphing · thudding · trampling · clunking
Laborious walking efforts
- toilingWorking strenuously, exhaustingly
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- grindCrush into particles
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
effortful · wearisome · monotonous · tiresome · painstaking · arduous · grinding · laboring
Proceeding by small additions
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- unspectacularLacking any notable qualities
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
methodical · unglamorous · unexciting · patient · persistent · unremarkable · mundane · routine
footsteps
Sounds of walking
- shufflingsDragging foot movements
- heavy-footedWalking loud and clumsily
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
clomping · stomping · trudging · dragging · shambling · galumphing · thudding · trampling · clunking · leaden
trudgings
Laborious walking efforts
perseverance · effortful · wearisome · monotonous · tiresome · painstaking · arduous · grinding · laboring · sluggishness
incremental
Proceeding by small additions
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- unspectacularLacking any notable qualities
steady · methodical · unglamorous · unexciting · patient · persistent · unremarkable · mundane · routine · grinding