laborious

adjective (laborious, more laborious, most laborious)

«laborious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Needing a lot of hard work, effort and time. tree →
(of writing or speech) Slow and heavy, showing too much effort. tree →

In the lessons

Used in history (building pyramids or castles was laborious), science and maths (counting one by one is laborious, so we use multiplication). In stories it tells the reader a task is long and tiring.

Examples

Copying the whole book by hand was laborious work. tree →
Digging the tunnel was slow and laborious. tree →
Adding 7 forty times is laborious, so use 7 × 40 instead. tree →
The Mole's laborious spring-cleaning made his arms ache. tree →
Before washing machines, washing clothes was laborious. tree →
His laborious handwriting took ages. tree →

Note

Comes from «labour». Spelled without u even in the UK: laborious, not labourious. Adverb: laboriously.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «laborious» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«laborious» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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