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[ luh-bawr-ee-uhs, -bohr- ] / ləˈbɔr i əs, -ˈboʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR laborious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiverequiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 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: a strained, laborious plot. given to or diligent in work: a careful, laborious craftsman. Origin of laboriousFirst recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word labōriōsus.See labor, -ious SYNONYMS FOR laborious1 toilsome, arduous, onerous, burdensome, difficult, hard, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing. 4 hardworking, industrious, assiduous, sedulous, painstaking. SEE SYNONYMS FOR laborious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM laboriousla·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverbla·bo·ri·ous·ness, nounqua·si-la·bo·ri·ous, adjectivequa·si-la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb su·per·la·bo·ri·ous, adjectivesu·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverbsu·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ness, nounun·la·bo·ri·ous, adjectiveun·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverbun·la·bo·ri·ous·ness, noun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for laboriousHitch picks up his cane, pushes her aside, and laboriously tries to get to his feet, saying, “I'll do it myself.” Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST An “overproduced, overblown, confusingly dark and laboriously ambitious jumble,” ruled Newsday. A ‘Wicked’ Decade: How a Critically Trashed Musical Became a Long-Running Smash|Kevin Fallon|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST Already he had begun to send her picture post-cards, laboriously written over. The Call of the Blood|Robert Smythe Hichens We have been like an army climbing slowly and laboriously up a steep and rocky mountain. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI|Various
Laboriously he made things clear to her, Herr Kreutzer helping and coming to an understanding just before she did. The Old Flute-Player|Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey An elderly man was laboriously reading a paper of the preceding day's date. The King of Diamonds|Louis Tracy Clarence withdrew his attention from the paper with an obvious effort, and spoke in a laboriously polite tone. The Heart of Rachael|Kathleen Norris
British Dictionary definitions for laborious
adjectiveinvolving great exertion or long effort given to working hard (of literary style, etc) not fluent Derived forms of laboriouslaboriously, adverblaboriousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to laboriousonerous, backbreaking, arduous, burdensome, strenuous, tiresome, assiduous, painstaking, forced, heavy, labored, operose, ponderous, stiff, strained, toilsome, tough, wearing, wearisome, wicked |