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labourously

labourously is the rare spelling 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 labourously

From labourous + -ly.

Questions about labourously

What is labourously the rare spelling of?
Labourously is the rare spelling of laboriously.

Words near labourously in the dictionary

  1. labourists
  2. labourite
  3. labourites
  4. labourless
  5. labourous
  6. labourously
  7. labours
  8. labours of love
  9. labours the point
  10. laboursaving
  11. labourshed

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