Despite having one hand she laboriously gathered the scattered nuts and bolts.
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Laboriously
//ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li//
Synonyms for "laboriously" (39 found)
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9 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- laboriosament adv (with great expenditure of effort)
Czech
1 entries- pracně adv (with great expenditure of effort)
Finnish
1 entries- hankalasti adv (with great expenditure of effort)
French
1 entries- laborieusement adv (with great expenditure of effort)
Hungarian
3 entries- fáradságosan adv (with great expenditure of effort)
- nehézkesen adv (with great expenditure of effort)
- vesződségesen adv (with great expenditure of effort)
Latin
1 entries- labōriōsē adv (with great expenditure of effort)
Spanish
1 entries- laboriosamente adv (with great expenditure of effort)
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The elderly woman laboriously climbed the stairs.
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The heavy man laboriously climbed the steep mountain, pulling himself up inch by inch.
Source: wiktionary
At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
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