arduous
adjective
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
arduousness
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a word derived from
arduous.
Example Sentences
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In the 1930s, however, radio — which was more transformative than what it paved the way for: television — became, Stirewalt says, a passively absorbed alternative to the comparative arduousness of literacy.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022
In separate interviews, the stars each attested to the arduousness of filming “1883.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
The arduousness of the career and the elusiveness of its rewards result in some other common characteristics, which Johnson enumerates: determination, passion, and innovative thinking.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2014
The Smith Island Baking Company, the only bakery on Smith Island, has proclaimed itself “the #1 Dessert Company in the World,” and assuming they’re judging on a scale of arduousness, I have to agree.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2014
He is in good spirits, and dwells with emphasis on the length and arduousness of the marches made by his troops since he left Murfreesboro.
From The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer by John Beatty
