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labouriously

labouriously is the alternative form of laboriously.

Meaning of laboriously

Adverb

laboriously (not comparable)

  1. With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
    • The heavy man laboriously climbed the steep mountain, pulling himself up inch by inch.
    Synonyms:
    painstakingly

Origin of labouriously

From labourious + -ly.

Questions about labouriously

What is labouriously the alternative form of?
Labouriously is the alternative form of laboriously.

Words near labouriously in the dictionary

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

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