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laboriously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus,fr. labor labor: cf F. laborieux.] 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all ? Learn these from Cato. --Addison. 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as a laborious mechanic. -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ly}, adv -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [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"
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