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Definition of Laborious
1. Adjective. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. "Set a punishing pace"
Similar to: Effortful
Derivative terms: Arduousness, Hardness, Heaviness, Labor, Laboriousness, Operoseness, Toilsomeness
Definition of Laborious
1. a. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.
Definition of Laborious
1. Adjective. Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. ¹
2. Adjective. Mentally difficult; painstaking ¹
3. Adjective. Industrious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laborious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laborious
Literary usage of Laborious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"From this cause, and from the many great angular fragments, tracking the boats
became both dangerous and laborious. With respect to their propagation, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"(17>-~>|> . representa a laborious but uncritical collection of materials from
the earliest times down to the Reformation. ..."