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Related to arduously: pursuing, perpetually
ar·du·ous
(är′jo͞o-əs)adj.
1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult: "the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language" (Thomas Macaulay).
2. Testing severely the powers of endurance; strenuous: a long, arduous, and exhausting war.
3. Hard to traverse, climb, or surmount.
[From Latin arduus, high, steep.]
ar′du·ous·ly adv.
ar′du·ous·ness n.
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arduously
adverbWith effort:
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Translations
بِصورَة شاقَّه، بِإرهاق
obtížněpracně
besværligt
fáradságosan
meî erfiîismunum
güçlüklezorla
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arduous
(ˈaːdjuəs) , ((American) -dʒu-) adjective difficult; needing hard work. an arduous task.
ˈarduously adverbˈarduousness noun
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