plodding

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of plod
2. adjective Progressing slowly and laboriously.
3. noun Slow, laborious progress.

Similar words

effortful drudgery grind donkeywork leaden walking walk snail-paced gradual slow-moving

Often followed by

along through on and up in of industry over

Word family

plod plodded plodder plodders ploddingly plods