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- Dictionarylaboriously/ləˈbɔːrɪəsli/
adverb
- 1. in a way that takes considerable time and effort: "the boys were laboriously copying down sentences from the blackboard"
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adverb. uk / ləˈbɔː.ri.əs.li / us / ləˈbɔːr.i.əs.li / Add to word list. in a way that needs a lot of time and effort: He wrote out the list laboriously by hand. This is a highly detailed, laboriously researched study. See. laborious. Fewer examples. The wildflowers are laboriously hand pressed to make perfumes.
Laboriously definition: in a way that involves or requires much effort, exertion, care, or attention to detail. See examples of LABORIOUSLY used in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ləˈbɔː.ri.əs / us / ləˈbɔːr.i.əs / Add to word list. needing a lot of time and effort: a laborious task. Synonyms. arduous. backbreaking. gruelling mainly UK. hard. punishing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitiously. another. arduous. formidable. formidably.
1. a. : involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous. Overland travel was not an adventurous communal leap, but a laborious, individual trek. Daniel J. Boorstin. Making a telescope mirror is a long and laborious process. David Devoss and Eric Sander. b. : characterized by long, detailed elaboration : tedious.
adverb. us / ləˈbɔːr.i.əs.li / uk / ləˈbɔː.ri.əs.li / Add to word list. in a way that needs a lot of time and effort: He wrote out the list laboriously by hand. This is a highly detailed, laboriously researched study. See. laborious. Fewer examples. The wildflowers are laboriously hand pressed to make perfumes.
characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort, dullness, and lack of spontaneity; labored: labor: a strained, laborious plot. given to or diligent in work: a careful, laborious craftsman.
When it takes a huge, slow effort to do something, you do it laboriously. For some students, math is a breeze — others have to study laboriously for every quiz. Whether you're exerting yourself physically or mentally, if it takes a lot of effort and time, you're working laboriously.
