- 1. a. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Source: opted
- 2. a. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. Source: opted
- 3. adj. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison. 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. -- La*bo"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- La*bo"ri*ous*ness, n. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 s characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort Source: ecdict
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