laboriously

[ luh-bawr-ee-uhs-lee ]
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adverb
  1. in a way that involves or requires much effort, exertion, care, or attention to detail:All equipment, food, and fuel have to be laboriously carried to the summit.Books were still rare, since they needed to be laboriously handwritten by scribes.

Origin of laboriously

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Other words from laboriously

  • qua·si-la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • su·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
  • un·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb

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