Plodding

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Working or doing something slowly and steadily, especially in a way that other people think is boring

Source: Oxford Dictionary

Found in: Instructions on Not Giving Up “Patient, Plodding, a green skin growing over…” (line 9)

Meaning in Context: The leaves when they bloom is not explosive and fast but rather slow and drawn out, where the word plodding conveys this feeling of slowness.

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