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tediously

tediously adverb: in a tedious or wearisome manner.

Adverb

tediously (comparative more tediously, superlative most tediously)

  1. In a tedious or wearisome manner.
    • And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • The original Sniper: Ghost Warrior was a surprise hit when it was released in 2010. A surprise because it seemed an unequivocally awful game, with half broken graphics and artificial intelligence, a tediously linear story campaign, and an undernourished multiplayer mode.2013 March 19, “Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 review – scope for improvement”, in The Metro (UK)

Forms of tediously

comparativemore tediously
superlativemost tediously

Origin of tediously

From Middle English tedyously; equivalent to tedious + -ly.

Questions about tediously

What does tediously mean?
Tediously means in a tedious or wearisome manner.
What part of speech is tediously?
Tediously is an adverb.

Words near tediously in the dictionary

  1. Tedim
  2. tediose
  3. tediosities
  4. tediosity
  5. tedious
  6. tediously
  7. tediousness
  8. tediousnesses
  9. tediousome
  10. tedisamil
  11. tedisome

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