laborious

Definition

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

Etymology

From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus. By surface analysis, labor + -ious

Example Sentences

• "Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious, and short."
• "The coal is then transferred to broad-gauge wagons for transport to Dublin. The transhipment is a rather laborious business, the coal being shovelled by hand from one wagon to another."
• "All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive."

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