Ponderous means slow, clumsy because of great weight. Dull, laborious, or solemn. His footsteps up the staircase were heavy and ponderous.
You can say "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" or The genius is pondering on the solution to his/her problem.
I was pondering what the future would hold, when my thoughts were interrupted.
Well I think so Brain, NARF! But wouldn't that mean I would have to know what pondering means?
Detective Simon Levant had the unconscious habit of caressing his moustache while pondering evidence. 12. Which element of an effective fictional narrative does this sentence best represent?
Poi Dog Pondering was created in 1985.
Pretty close. Wondering has to have a specific object that you are wondering about. Pondering usually does too, but one could ponder generally without pondering about something.
Characterization
Pondering, meditating
pondering or pondered
Rumination.
I began to ponder which way I should go home.
The boy was pondering weather to jump of the cliff or not, but then shouted, "Carpe Diem" and leaped off of the giant rock.
Pondering