Meaning & use
laboriously
In a way that requires great effort, time, or hard work.
See it in a sentence
He laboriously translated each page of the ancient manuscript by hand.
The ants laboriously carried crumbs many times their own size back to the nest.
A note on using this word
Describes the manner of an action as slow and strenuous, often implying admirable persistence rather than mere difficulty.
Words with a similar meaning
painstakinglyarduously
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Words with an opposite meaning
effortlesslyeasily
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