laborious
UK /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/ US /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/
adj 3
Definitions
adj
1
Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
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.
2
Mentally difficult; painstaking.
3
Industrious.
All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive.
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