Englishlaborious
Definition
- : 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: characterized by long, detailed elaboration : tedious //Much of the middle of the book is a laborious account of the scouring of the ocean floor that led to the discovery of the Titanic. — The Economist
- : devoted to labor : industrious //We have the greatest riches, the greatest fertility, … the most laborious population. — Joseph Conrad
Other Words
- laboriously adverb
- laboriousness noun
Examples
- //a slow and laborious process
- //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2laborious
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- involved in often constant activity //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beachSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring considerable physical or mental effort //the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spillSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring much time, effort, or careful attention //that report is the product of months of laborious researchSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
laborious
Definition
- : 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: characterized by long, detailed elaboration : tedious //Much of the middle of the book is a laborious account of the scouring of the ocean floor that led to the discovery of the Titanic. — The Economist
- : devoted to labor : industrious //We have the greatest riches, the greatest fertility, … the most laborious population. — Joseph Conrad
Other Words
- laboriously adverb
- laboriousness noun
Examples
- //a slow and laborious process
- //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2laborious
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- involved in often constant activity //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beachSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring considerable physical or mental effort //the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spillSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring much time, effort, or careful attention //that report is the product of months of laborious researchSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
laborious
Definition
- : 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: characterized by long, detailed elaboration : tedious //Much of the middle of the book is a laborious account of the scouring of the ocean floor that led to the discovery of the Titanic. — The Economist
- : devoted to labor : industrious //We have the greatest riches, the greatest fertility, … the most laborious population. — Joseph Conrad
Other Words
- laboriously adverb
- laboriousness noun
Examples
- //a slow and laborious process
- //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2laborious
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- involved in often constant activity //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beachSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring considerable physical or mental effort //the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spillSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring much time, effort, or careful attention //that report is the product of months of laborious researchSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
laborious
Definition
- : 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: characterized by long, detailed elaboration : tedious //Much of the middle of the book is a laborious account of the scouring of the ocean floor that led to the discovery of the Titanic. — The Economist
- : devoted to labor : industrious //We have the greatest riches, the greatest fertility, … the most laborious population. — Joseph Conrad
Other Words
- laboriously adverb
- laboriousness noun
Examples
- //a slow and laborious process
- //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2laborious
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- involved in often constant activity //the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beachSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring considerable physical or mental effort //the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spillSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms
- requiring much time, effort, or careful attention //that report is the product of months of laborious researchSynonymsRelated WordsNear AntonymsAntonyms