Ponderously

Origin

ponderous + -ly

Full definition of ponderously

Adverb

1. In a ponderous manner; very slowly.
• 2012, May 13, Alistair Magowan, Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd, Rooney and his team-mates started ponderously, as if sensing the enormity of the occasion, but once Scholes began to link with Ryan Giggs in the middle of the park, the visitors increased the tempo with Sunderland struggling to keep up.