laboriously
adverb
uk/ləˈbɔː.ri.əs.li/us/ləˈbɔːr.i.əs.li/in a way thatneedsa lot oftimeandeffort:
Hewroteout thelistlaboriously byhand.
This is ahighlydetailed, laboriouslyresearchedstudy.
See
laborious
- The wildflowers are laboriouslyhandpressedto makeperfumes.
- Theanimalswereslowly, laboriouslymovingaroundtheirenclosure.
- Heobtainedadictionaryand laboriously set aboutreadingit.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy