'Laboriously' definitions:
Definition of 'laboriously'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"
Definition of 'Laboriously'
From: GCIDE
- Laborious \La*bo"ri*ous\, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux.]
- 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. [1913 Webster]
- Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. [1913 Webster] -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {La*bo"ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'laboriously'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ardently,
- arduously,
- assiduously,
- bec et ongles,
- burdensomely,
- difficultly,
- diligently,
- effortfully,
- energetically,
- fervently,
- hammer and tongs,
- hard,
- hardly,
- heart and soul,
- indefatigably,
- industriously,
- manfully,
- onerously,
- operosely,
- painfully,
- relentlessly,
- sedulously,
- strenuously,
- the hard way,
- tirelessly,
- toilsomely,
- tooth and nail,
- unsparingly,
- vehemently,
- with a will,
- with difficulty,
- with effort,
- with much ado,
- zealously