Laboriously

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor:
     cf. F. laborieux.]
     1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome;
        tiresome.
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              Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil,
              Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious
        mechanic.
        [1913 Webster] -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {La*bo"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  laboriously
       adv : in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee
             making decisions for others to execute on the basis of
             data laboriously gathered for them"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "laboriously":
     ardently, arduously, assiduously, bec et ongles, burdensomely,
     difficultly, diligently, effortfully, energetically, fervently,
     hammer and tongs, hard, hardly, heart and soul, indefatigably,
     industriously, manfully, onerously, operosely, painfully,
     relentlessly, sedulously, strenuously, the hard way, tirelessly,
     toilsomely, tooth and nail, unsparingly, vehemently, with a will,
     with difficulty, with effort, with much ado, zealously