adj. Clumsy, unwieldy, or slow, especially due to weight.
adj. Dull, boring, tedious; long-winded in expression.
adj. Characterized by or associated with pondering.
adj. Dense.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Very heavy; weighty
adj. Important; momentous; forcible.
adj. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having weight; weighty; heavy; especially, very heavy; hence, clumsy or unwieldy by reason of weight: used both literally and figuratively.
Weighty; important; momentous.
Disposed to ponder; thinking; thoughtful.
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adj. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
adj. labored and dull
adj. slow and laborious because of weight
Word Usage
"Their thirty and forty - thousand-ton battleships slowed down half a dozen miles offshore and maneuvered in ponderous evolutions, while tiny scout-boats (lean, six-funneled destroyers) ran in, cutting blackly the flashing sea like so many sharks."