D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Plodding

/pläd'-ĭng/ · Plod·ding · IPA /plˈɑdɪŋ/
01 a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding…
  1. 1.
    Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.