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laboringly

laboringly is the alternative form of labouringly.

Meaning of labouringly

Adverb

labouringly (comparative more labouringly, superlative most labouringly)

  1. With labour; strenuously.
    • Thirty-two years since, up against the sun, / Seven shapes, thin atomies to lower sight, / Labouringly leapt and gained thy gabled height, / And four lives paid for what the seven had won.1901, Thomas Hardy, Zermatt to the Matterhorn

Forms of laboringly

comparativemore laboringly
superlativemost laboringly

Origin of laboringly

From laboring + -ly.

Questions about laboringly

What is laboringly the alternative form of?
Laboringly is the alternative form of labouringly.

Words near laboringly in the dictionary

  1. Laborie
  2. laboring
  3. laboring oar
  4. laboring oars
  5. laboring the point
  6. laboringly
  7. laborings
  8. laboriosity
  9. laborious
  10. laboriously
  11. laboriousness

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