ponderouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒnd(ə)rəsli/, U.S.

/ˈpɑnd(ə)rəsli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ponderous adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < ponderous adj. + -ly suffix².

In a ponderous manner, so as to be ponderous, (now) esp. heavily, laboriously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adverb]

heavyc1000

heavilyc1320

sadlya1400

ponderouslyc1500

lead-like1816

lumpishly1860

leadenly1879

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]

highlyOE

deeplyc1300

solemnlya1325

sadlya1375

soberly1382

demurelyc1400

sadc1400

seriouslyc1425

solemnya1470

murely1474

solemnedlyc1480

solenny1480

in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545

gravely1553

staidly1571

solemniouslya1578

solidly1632

in sad earnest1637

ponderously1637

in jest-earnest1642

in all seriousness1679

joking apart1745

unhumorously1768

solidly1799

in sober earnest1836

mirthlessly1853

votively1857

smilelessly1869

unmirthfully1872

unsmilingly1879

inhumorously1898

soberingly1923

straightfacedly1977

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 9 (MED) Slepe me gan oppresse So ponderously, I cowde make noon obstacle.

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies i. 7 A trite discourse of weights and measures: most ponderously dividing them into Troy and Averdepois.

1637 J. Bastwick Answer Information Sir J. Bancks 8 That they may more ponderously waigh the businesse in hand.

1715 Miller of Trompington vi. 101 His sturdy Legs..would no more abide To bear about his booby Trunk, That was so ponderously drunk.

1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 7) 43 Atlas supporting the Universe. A ponderous subject most ponderously described!

1859 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 267 Old houses built ponderously of stone.

1884 Nonconformist & Independent 16 May 471/1 Mr. C...was ponderously dull.

1914 M. Sinclair Three Sisters xiii. 46 She brooded ponderously.

1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Feb. 49/1 The St. Lawrence looks like a ponderously slow, grey mass, lazily moving the great chunks of ice downstream.

2003 Daily Tel. 1 Apr. 24/1 Their coroneted host ponderously tells a joke that might have come out of a Woolworth's cracker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ponderously
释义	ponderouslyadv. Brit. /ˈpɒnd(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /ˈpɑnd(ə)rəsli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ponderous adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < ponderous adj. + -ly suffix². In a ponderous manner, so as to be ponderous, (now) esp. heavily, laboriously. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adverb] heavyc1000 heavilyc1320 sadlya1400 ponderouslyc1500 lead-like1816 lumpishly1860 leadenly1879 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb] highlyOE deeplyc1300 solemnlya1325 sadlya1375 soberly1382 demurelyc1400 sadc1400 seriouslyc1425 solemnya1470 murely1474 solemnedlyc1480 solenny1480 in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545 gravely1553 staidly1571 solemniouslya1578 solidly1632 in sad earnest1637 ponderously1637 in jest-earnest1642 in all seriousness1679 joking apart1745 unhumorously1768 solidly1799 in sober earnest1836 mirthlessly1853 votively1857 smilelessly1869 unmirthfully1872 unsmilingly1879 inhumorously1898 soberingly1923 straightfacedly1977 c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 9 (MED) Slepe me gan oppresse So ponderously, I cowde make noon obstacle. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies i. 7 A trite discourse of weights and measures: most ponderously dividing them into Troy and Averdepois. 1637 J. Bastwick Answer Information Sir J. Bancks 8 That they may more ponderously waigh the businesse in hand. 1715 Miller of Trompington vi. 101 His sturdy Legs..would no more abide To bear about his booby Trunk, That was so ponderously drunk. 1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 7) 43 Atlas supporting the Universe. A ponderous subject most ponderously described! 1859 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 267 Old houses built ponderously of stone. 1884 Nonconformist & Independent 16 May 471/1 Mr. C...was ponderously dull. 1914 M. Sinclair Three Sisters xiii. 46 She brooded ponderously. 1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Feb. 49/1 The St. Lawrence looks like a ponderously slow, grey mass, lazily moving the great chunks of ice downstream. 2003 Daily Tel. 1 Apr. 24/1 Their coroneted host ponderously tells a joke that might have come out of a Woolworth's cracker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1500
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