Laboriously
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ləˈbɔː.ɹi.əs.lɪ/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Laboriously is an adverb meaning With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
Meaning
With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
Example Sentences
The heavy man laboriously climbed the steep mountain, pulling himself up inch by inch.
For many years the coal measures on the shores of Lough Allen were worked only in the most primitive fashion, and the coal was transported laboriously in the inevitable ass carts of the Irish peasant.
At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
Word Forms
- labouriously
- laborously
- labourously
Synonyms for laboriously
Depending on context, synonyms include painstakingly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hard, painstakingly, painfully, labouriously, laborously, labourously.
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