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laborious [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] adj
1. involving great exertion or long effort 2. given to working hard 3. (of literary style, etc.) not fluent laboriously adv laboriousness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
laborious adjective 1. hard, difficult, tiring, exhausting, wearing, tough, fatiguing, uphill, strenuous, arduous, tiresome, onerous, burdensome, herculean, wearisome, backbreaking, toilsome Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task. hard easy, effortless, light, easy-peasy (slang) 2. industrious, hard-working, diligent, tireless, persevering, painstaking, indefatigable, assiduous, unflagging, sedulous He was gentle and kindly, living a laborious life in his Paris flat. Translations laborious [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] ADJ [task, work, process] → laborioso; [written style] → farragoso, poco claro laborious [ləˈbɔːriəs] adj [task, job] → laborieux/euse laborious adj task, undertaking → mühsam, mühselig; style → schwerfällig, umständlich laborious [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] adj → faticoso/a, laborioso/a laborious [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] adj → faticoso/a, laborioso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They were coeval with the coureurs des bois, or rangers of the woods, already noticed, and, like them, in the intervals of their long, arduous, and laborious expeditions, were prone to pass their time in idleness and revelry about the trading posts or settlements; squandering their hard earnings in heedless conviviality, and rivaling their neighbors, the Indians, in indolent indulgence and an imprudent disregard of the morrow. Could one have one's choice, the husbandmen should by all means be slaves, not of the same nation, or men of any spirit; for thus they would be laborious in their business, and safe from attempting any novelties: next to these barbarian servants are to be preferred, similar in natural disposition to these we have already mentioned. You need no laborious steps to enter upon familiarity with them, and you can earn not only their confidence, but their gratitude, by turning an attentive ear to their discourse. |
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