with leaden wings in English

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  "etymology_text": "Lead is a heavy metal, so a wing made of lead would cause slow flying.",
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        "Very slowly in progress or the passage of time."
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        "(obsolete, poetic) Very slowly in progress or the passage of time."
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          "word": "fly with leaden wings"
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        {
          "word": "go over like a lead balloon"
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  "word": "with leaden wings"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Lead is a heavy metal, so a wing made of lead would cause slow flying.",
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        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "with leaden wings",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "with leaden wings",
      "name": "en-pp"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fly with leaden wings"
    },
    {
      "word": "go over like a lead balloon"
    }
  ],
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        "English poetic terms",
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        "Very slowly in progress or the passage of time."
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        "(obsolete, poetic) Very slowly in progress or the passage of time."
      ],
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        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "with leaden wings"
}

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"with leaden wings" meaning in English

Adverb