Defn: Deliberating.
— Pon"der*ing*ly, adv.
PONDEROSITY
Pon`der*os"i*ty, n.; pl. Ponderosities. Etym: [OF. ponderosité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold. Ray.
PONDEROUS Pon"der*ous, a. Etym: [L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pondéreux. See Ponder.]
1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak.
2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak.
3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite.
PONDEROUSLY
Pon"der*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a ponderous manner.
PONDEROUSNESS
Pon"der*ous*ness, n.