laboriously
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ləˈbɔː.ɹi.əs.lɪ/ / /ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li/
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English laborious Middle English -ly English -ly English laboriously From laborious + -ly.
- With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
“The heavy man laboriously climbed the steep mountain, pulling himself up inch by inch.”
“At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.”