ARDUOUSLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

arduously

adverb

Definition of arduously

as in hard

with great effort or determination arduously made their way through the dense jungle

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Recent Examples of arduously Rudi Schreiner, a cofounder of the company, originally hoped to include El Banco but had to cut the town from the itinerary due to the Magdalena's arduously bendy approach to the riverside village. — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 After an arduously long winter, these narrow, modestly sized shops have been—with a suddenness and intensity that only TikTok and Instagram can foment—thronged. — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The team sequenced the DNA of 38 different mosquitoes belonging to 11 species within the Leucosphyrus group, which had been arduously collected during fieldwork between 1992 and 2020 across Southeast Asia. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026 The first year back from knee reconstruction is a tough one, and by all accounts, Darrisaw beat the timetable projection by arduously and relentlessly working through his rehab. — CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025 The composite record builds subtly and slowly, almost arduously. — The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arduously

Adverb

Allowing political control over grantmaking to become more deeply entrenched would make recovery considerably harder.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Just by chance, a guy who does what he is coached to do, continues to work really, really hard and do the right things, the ball somehow finds him.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of hard

Adverb

Max and Jake have diligently followed the trial via video link over the last month and their stellar reporting can be found here.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Abi is the conventional one, diligently striving in the white-collar world for mundane material comforts.

— Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of diligently

Adverb

They are packaged attractively, marketed intensively and intended to displace other food groups.

— Garrett M. Broad, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Newsom, by contrast, may need to begin campaigning intensively after leaving office rather than wait for Harris’s decision.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of intensively

Adverb

Newton dedicated himself even more intensely to his research during this period, making impressive strides in optics and kinematics and even developing a theory of gravitation.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026
During the party, Franklyn remembers feeling intensely out of place with her co-workers, which led her to drink heavily.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of intensely

Adverb

For starters, pulling it off requires running a computer script alongside the game, laboriously entering each round of color feedback into a separate application.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 17 June 2026
Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.

— Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 13 May 2026

Definition of laboriously

Adverb

Clearly, Chesney listened intently and applied the lessons from Westwood’s other leaders to improve the product on the football field.

— Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
Holt was enthralled, following our guide from figure to figure, listening intently.

— Reif Larsen, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of intently

Adverb

Even in a world awash in deep fakes and misinformation, there are still some truths that can be known, no matter how doggedly Fielder and Oppenheim try to muddy the waters.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
For nearly eight years my office has worked doggedly to curb these utility rate hikes, and in turn the cases have only grown.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of doggedly

Adverb

Though based on the visuals of the past, his output is determinedly contemporary.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Blue-collar Ho-seok (Sul), a man traumatized by losing his factory job after a workers’ strike, lives a quiet life with his determinedly optimistic wife, Mi-ok (Jeon).

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of determinedly

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