laboriously

[ luh-bawr-ee-uhs-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that involves or requires much effort, exertion, care, or attention to detail:

   All equipment, food, and fuel have to be laboriously carried to the summit.

   Books were still rare, since they needed to be laboriously handwritten by scribes.

Other Words From

• qua·si-la·bo·ri·ous·ly adverb
• su·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ly adverb
• un·la·bo·ri·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of laboriously¹

laborious ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The list of phrases has grown manually and laboriously to more than 5000 known “fingerprints” of potential misconduct.

From Science Magazine

One of his grandchildren brings out a plastic chair and he sits down, breathing laboriously.

From BBC

Once upon a time, for reasons that are laboriously teased out, he landed in the jungle, where he was taken under wing by a punishing caretaker, the Shaman.

From New York Times

Once upon a time, alpinists laboriously hacked steps into it — literal stairways to heaven.

From Los Angeles Times

For one, following the 2021 reopening of comedy venues, the entire industry clicked into the same two-year-ish cycle typical of laboriously honing material, filming, editing, releasing and promoting.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• assiduously
• eagerly
• painstakingly