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leadenly adverb uk /ˈled.ən.li/ us /ˈled.ən.li/ in a way that lacks energy and feeling: At times he could be leadenly solemn. Her stories are leadenly described as "often quite amusing". Why are so many of us permanently, leadenly exhausted? She waited leadenly for the door to be opened and the passengers to bump their way up the aisle ahead of her. If you are still awake at the end of this leadenly tedious three-hour espionage movie, I will be amazed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marmoreal meh menial menially middle-aged staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary |