Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laboriously

/ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: la-bo-ri-ous-ly
IPA: /ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.

Example Sentences

"The heavy man laboriously climbed the steep mountain, pulling himself up inch by inch."
"At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook."
"For many years the coal measures on the shores of Lough Allen were worked only in the most primitive fashion, and the coal was transported laboriously in the inevitable ass carts of the Irish peasant."

Etymology

Etymology tree English laborious Middle English -ly English -ly English laboriously From laborious + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li/
British English: /ləˈbɔː.ɹi.əs.lɪ/

Inflected Forms

labouriously (alternative) laborously (alternative) labourously (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

labor laborious

Synonyms

painstakingly

Rhymes With

notoriously gloriously

Questions

How do you pronounce laboriously?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈbɔɹ.i.əs.li/.
What does laboriously mean?: With great expenditure of effort, in a manner requiring much labor.
Where does laboriously come from?: Etymology tree English laborious Middle English -ly English -ly English laboriously From laborious + -ly.

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