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labouringly

labouringly adverb: with labour; strenuously.

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 labouringly

comparativemore labouringly
superlativemost labouringly
alternative formlaboringly

Origin of labouringly

From labouring + -ly.

Questions about labouringly

What does labouringly mean?
Labouringly means with labour; strenuously.
What part of speech is labouringly?
Labouringly is an adverb.

Words near labouringly in the dictionary

  1. laboureth
  2. labouring
  3. labouring oar
  4. labouring oars
  5. labouring the point
  6. labouringly
  7. labourings
  8. labourious
  9. labouriously
  10. labouriousness
  11. Labourish

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