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ponderousness

NOUN
  1. the property of being large in mass
  2. an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency
    a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
    his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition

How To Use ponderousness In A Sentence

  • What saves Auster's story from ponderousness is the sheer verve with which he follows his narrator through the labyrinthine plot.
  • a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness
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