"laboriously" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ləˈbɔː.ɹi.əs.lɪ/ [UK], /ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li/ [US]
Etymology: laborious + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|laborious|ly}} laborious + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} laboriously (not comparable)
  1. With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: labouriously, laborously [obsolete], labourously [obsolete, rare] Synonyms (with great effort): painstakingly Related terms: labor, laborious Translations (with great expenditure of effort): laboriosament (Catalan), pracně (Czech), hankalasti (Finnish), laborieusement (French), fáradságosan (Hungarian), nehézkesen (Hungarian), vesződségesen (Hungarian), labōriōsē (Latin), laboriosamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-laboriously-en-adv-dHcbl1kj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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