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plodding

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of plod

adjective more plodding · most plodding

  1. Progressing slowly and laboriously.

noun ploddings

  1. countable, uncountable Slow, laborious progress. I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow.

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@misc{plodding_2026,
  title = {plodding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plodding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}