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

His 1964 Met debut with Verdi’s “Falstaff” was a scintillating performance, and in 1972 there he presented a boldly reimagined, gravely compelling — some critics said ponderously slow — take on “Carmen.”

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2021

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

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

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2019

The creatures of the Stone circled a while croaking, and one by one beat back ponderously inland over the moors.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin