Laborious
/ləˈbɔːɹiəs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
"Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious, and short."
- 2 Mentally difficult; painstaking.
- 3 Industrious.
"All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive."
Adjective
- 1 characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort wordnet
Example
More examples"Saying "I love you" in Kabyle is not as easy as in French and English since the expression "ḥemmleɣ-kem", strangely resembling the Polish formula "Kocham Cię" is not so fluid, phonetically speaking. In Russian, it is even more laborious as it is said "Ya tibya lyublyu" (Я тебя люблю)". Finally, the main thing is to claim it with sincerity."
Etymology
From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious