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laborious | drudgingly |

As an adjective laborious

is requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

As an adverb drudgingly is

in a drudging manner; laboriously.

laborious

English

Alternative forms

* labourious * laborous * labourous

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  • *
    • Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious , and short.
  • Mentally difficult; painstaking
  • Industrious.
  • * Dryden
    • All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

    Synonyms

    * (requiring effort) painstaking, toilsome, worksome

    Derived terms

    * laboriously

    drudgingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a drudging manner; laboriously.
    • (Webster 1913)