Meaning

(now rare) The quality of being tedious..

Example Sentences

Fy, fy, what tedioſity, & diſenſanity is here among ye?

With barely a pretence of plot it was a feast of tediosity.

At home with flipping thing, I must touch extremes of tediosity—no end to this

At least one is spared the tediosity (what a very fine sentiment) of their pompous ramblings by not being able to understand a single word.

So tediosity has reigned. All attempts at conflict have been stifled. The lid has been placed heavily on anyone who threatens to expose a fiery tongue.

Now in the. . .tediosity (don’t bother looking it up, trust us) of higher crime figures, droning political banalities, sleaze sheets trying to be newspapers and newspapers trying to avoid looking like sleaze sheets. . .

Indeed, after the guy with the pointer dealt with the tediosities of storms in New England, jet streams out the Canadian plains and dew points, he delivered the pertinent news.

From tediosity personified to almost halfway decent, the Vauxhall Corsa has moved on, says Cathryn Espinosa

Word Forms

• tediosities

Synonyms for tediosity

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When Should You Use Tediosity?

Use tediosity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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