ponderously

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Leadership often appears to be everything and nothing at the same time — a mix of trite advice, contradictory analysis and ponderously obvious observation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

Making those who have impacted the whole will of course take federal intervention - which often is ponderously slow in arriving.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2020

Public art can sometimes feel ponderously corporate or impersonal, but the unroofed splendor of Pepper’s site-specific works can prompt unexpectedly potent encounters.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

They have over the last 40 years emerged ponderously from a colonial world into a neo-colonial one.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2019

“Then by all means, meander slowly and ponderously until my feathers molt,” said Boo.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi