"ploddingly" meaning in All languages combined

See ploddingly on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Forms: more ploddingly [comparative], most ploddingly [superlative]
Etymology: From plodding + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|plodding|ly}} plodding + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} ploddingly (comparative more ploddingly, superlative most ploddingly)
  1. In a dull, predictable manner.
    Sense id: en-ploddingly-en-adv-NlPp0SAS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "plodding",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "plodding + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From plodding + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ploddingly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most ploddingly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ploddingly (comparative more ploddingly, superlative most ploddingly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "His stance as being against the world of finance and his proposal of a 75% tax on incomes over €1m (£817,000) was approved by a majority in polls. He was convinced that his more measured, if ploddingly serious, style would win out with an electorate tired of Sarkozy's bling and frenetic policy initiatives.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 August 17, Janet Maslin, “Can’t Tell a Book (Kapow!) by Its Cover”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "“The Intruders,” which seems like such a ploddingly literal-minded title for a book that begins with a home invasion, turns out to signal a sci-fi horrific strain, one that guarantees puzzling questions about the characters’ true identities and motives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a dull, predictable manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-ploddingly-en-adv-NlPp0SAS"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ploddingly"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "plodding",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "plodding + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From plodding + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ploddingly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most ploddingly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ploddingly (comparative more ploddingly, superlative most ploddingly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -ly",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "His stance as being against the world of finance and his proposal of a 75% tax on incomes over €1m (£817,000) was approved by a majority in polls. He was convinced that his more measured, if ploddingly serious, style would win out with an electorate tired of Sarkozy's bling and frenetic policy initiatives.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 August 17, Janet Maslin, “Can’t Tell a Book (Kapow!) by Its Cover”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "“The Intruders,” which seems like such a ploddingly literal-minded title for a book that begins with a home invasion, turns out to signal a sci-fi horrific strain, one that guarantees puzzling questions about the characters’ true identities and motives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a dull, predictable manner."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ploddingly"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ploddingly meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.