laboriously

[ luh-bawr-ee-uhs-lee ]

/ ləˈbɔr i əs li /

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in a way that involves or requires much effort, exertion, care, or attention to detail:All equipment, food, and fuel have to be laboriously carried to the summit.Books were still rare, since they needed to be laboriously handwritten by scribes.

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Origin of laboriously

laborious + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM laboriously

qua·si-la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverbsu·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverbun·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby laboriously

labored, laborer, labor force, labor-intensive, laborious, laboriously, Laborism, Laborite, Labor-Management Relations Act, labor market, labor movement

How to use laboriously in a sentence

Clumsy and laborious on land, crabeater seals are elegant and agile swimmers that spend their entire lives in the pack ice zone surrounding the frozen continent.
These Photos Remind Us Why Conservation Matters - Issue 92: Frontiers|Kevin Berger|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
The president’s onslaught only escalated once the polls had closed and the laborious vote count ticked on.
‘We will not allow anyone to stop us’: Day and night, under historic scrutiny, the nation’s vote counters carried on|Amy Gardner, Reis Thebault, Hannah Knowles, Michelle Lee|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
Assembling tent poles with cold hands can be laborious, snow-covered trails can reduce travel speed, and finding water can be tricky when streams are frozen.
Winter camping is not for the faint of heart. Here’s how to do it.|Melanie D.G. Kaplan|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
It is a laborious process, hence why devotees happily line up for chefs they believe can work magic in the meat, like Cristina Martinez of Philadelphia’s South Philly Barbacoa.
Why Do Fast-Casual Restaurants Get a Pass on Appropriation?|Jenny Dorsey|October 5, 2020|Eater

The partnership with Nvidia, he said, required the companies to work together to make sure their respective technologies are compatible, a laborious task.
What you need to know about Nvidia and VMware’s big new A.I. deal|jonathanvanian2015|September 29, 2020|Fortune
Hitch picks up his cane, pushes her aside, and laboriously tries to get to his feet, saying, “I'll do it myself.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He would laboriously make his way from desk to loo, belt down a few, then return.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An “overproduced, overblown, confusingly dark and laboriously ambitious jumble,” ruled Newsday.
A ‘Wicked’ Decade: How a Critically Trashed Musical Became a Long-Running Smash|Kevin Fallon|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He came up laboriously—the more laboriously by virtue of his very efforts to show himself still nimble in his mistress's eyes.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
He came back warily, forgetting his English accent, which he had laboriously imitated in admiration of a certain vaudeville hero.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
I had always been accustomed to pause and very laboriously to kill every fish as I took it.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Laboriously enough, we pushed on for three days travel, a daily ascent and descent of 3000 feet marking our progress.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
But nothing more was visible, and he turned back to the trail to see Uncle Billy laboriously climbing up the slope.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine|John Fox, Jr.