Plodding
Pronunciation : Plod"ding
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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