Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a laborious manner; with labor, toil, or difficulty.
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- adverb With great
expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring muchlabor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a laborious manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The assumption of impartiality was certainly relied upon by no less than the vacuous Shane Richmond who, in laboriously explaining to us how he chose a photograph of the Qana incident to illustrate the Daily Hezbolagraph website, showed us the picture on the right.
Lights, Camera, Action! Richard 2006
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Several weeks later Priscilla was engaged in laboriously turning the minutes of the last meeting into grammatical German, and as she closed the dictionary and grammar with a sigh of relief, she remarked to Patty: Do you know, it 's very queer about that Kate Ferris.
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" He said her name laboriously, as if he were coaxing a lone low note from his saxophone bell.
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
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He says the board meets "laboriously" with the SEC over the PCAOB budget, rules, and disciplinary actions.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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He says the board meets "laboriously" with the SEC over the PCAOB budget, rules and disciplinary actions.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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He says the board meets "laboriously" with the SEC over the PCAOB budget, rules and disciplinary actions.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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He says the board meets "laboriously" with the SEC over the PCAOB budget, rules and disciplinary actions.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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He paused impotently, cast an appealing glance at Malemute Kid, then laboriously placed the twenty pines, end on end, by sign language.
The White Silence 2010
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In a primary scene, a menial Speed wittily (and laboriously) explains to his fervent nonetheless lifeless master Valentinus which a pleasing Silvia avoids essay adore letters to Val which competence embarrass her if they were discovered; nonetheless she returns Val's adore letters to her to a fervent lover, saying they have been for him.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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In a primary scene, a menial Speed wittily (and laboriously) explains to his fervent nonetheless lifeless master Valentinus which a pleasing Silvia avoids essay adore letters to Val which competence embarrass her if they were discovered; nonetheless she returns Val's adore letters to her to a fervent lover, saying they have been for him.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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