Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tediously

/tˈidiəsli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: te-dious-ly
IPA: /tˈidiəsli/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a tedious or wearisome manner.

Example Sentences

"And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away."
"The original Sniper: Ghost Warrior was a surprise hit when it was released in 2010. A surprise because it seemed an unequivocally awful game, with half broken graphics and artificial intelligence, a tediously linear story campaign, and an undernourished multiplayer mode."
"I can look back over the years of Down Home On The Farm and say that regardless of whether I wrote a column, I would be hammering and painting, enjoying the challenge of gardening and tediously feeding and caring for poultry."

Etymology

From Middle English tedyously; equivalent to tedious + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tedyously
Suffix: tedious

Inflected Forms

more tediously (comparative) most tediously (superlative)

Synonyms

boringly tiresomely

Questions

How do you pronounce tediously?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈidiəsli/.
What does tediously mean?: In a tedious or wearisome manner.
Where does tediously come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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