Plodding

a.

1.

Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.

Noun	1.	plodding - hard monotonous routine work Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, grind
	2.	plodding - the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
Adj.	1.	plodding - (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" Synonyms: leaden

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