laboriously

Meaning

With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

• The heavy man laboriously climbed the steep mountain, pulling himself up inch by inch.

Pronunciation: /ləˈbɔː.ɹi.əs.lɪ/

Synonyms of laboriously

Words with a similar meaning to laboriously:

• painstakingly