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arduously

adverb

Definition of arduouslynext
as in hard
with great effort or determination arduously made their way through the dense jungle

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Recent Examples of arduously 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
  1. hard
  2. diligently
  3. intensively
  4. intensely
  5. laboriously
  6. intently
  7. doggedly
  8. determinedly
Adverb
  • Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters, sparking international concern over police violence and arbitrary detentions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • From a security standpoint, verifying political senders can help make impersonation harder.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of hard
Adverb
  • The bad news for Democrats is that Republicans will spend the next two months working diligently to change that.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This person started out diligently highlighting and taking notes.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of diligently
Adverb
  • The pork producers group has also intensively lobbied for legislation called the Save Our Bacon Act, which would overturn the state laws.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Whalers hunted bowheads intensively in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, pushing them towards extinction.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of intensively
Adverb
  • This can produce a layer of intensely hot plasma around the vehicle.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Lee questioned the government’s attorneys intensely, seeming skeptical of their arguments.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 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
  • That won her support from journalists at NBC News, but not necessarily the corporation, which, like many other media conglomerates is focused more intently on squeezing whatever revenue is to be gleaned from broadcast operations.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Geese’s lead singer, Cameron Winter, is stretched out at full length on a comfortable chair in another corner of the room, gazing intently at a phone with a single large crack marring its screen.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of intently
Adverb
  • As an aside, the rush to depose Romo continues to gain steam even though one of the voices that carries the most weight around CBS has remained doggedly silent.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no question that David Ellison, the doggedly ambitious CEO of Paramount Skydance, loves movies and filmmaking.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of doggedly
Adverb
  • Poor Frank and Kirsten look on confused, determinedly polite in their insistence that all family members should be welcome.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of determinedly

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“Arduously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arduously. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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