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as in actively
in a manner involving great or constant activity
working laboriously late into the night in order to meet the deadline
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as in hard
with great effort or determination
the farmer laboriously pruned all season long to produce the finest crop of grapes possible
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Recent Examples of laboriously
Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
There is no need to laboriously clean and sand the walls before priming, per Johnson.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
With buckets and mops, Palestinians laboriously scooped water out of their tents.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
Set in 1970 suburban Massachusetts, Reichardt's take on the heist genre saw O'Connor laboriously heaving art through a hay barn to comedic effect.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
No, these Warriors are doing something laboriously, painfully joyless.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
The now 6-2 Patriots started slow, laboriously taking a 9-7 lead into halftime against the Browns.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The technology is rapidly replacing the old days of crime-scene investigators crafting hand sketches and using tape measures to laboriously take down measurements.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Instead of laboriously testing compounds one by one in wet labs or waiting weeks for physics simulations to finish, scientists can now triage molecules digitally at supercomputer scale.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
There is no need to laboriously clean and sand the walls before priming, per Johnson.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
With buckets and mops, Palestinians laboriously scooped water out of their tents.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
Set in 1970 suburban Massachusetts, Reichardt's take on the heist genre saw O'Connor laboriously heaving art through a hay barn to comedic effect.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
No, these Warriors are doing something laboriously, painfully joyless.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
The now 6-2 Patriots started slow, laboriously taking a 9-7 lead into halftime against the Browns.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The technology is rapidly replacing the old days of crime-scene investigators crafting hand sketches and using tape measures to laboriously take down measurements.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Instead of laboriously testing compounds one by one in wet labs or waiting weeks for physics simulations to finish, scientists can now triage molecules digitally at supercomputer scale.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laboriously
Adverb
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Even those of us who aren’t actively breaking still feel the malaise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Experts say young people could be actively defying the warnings about sun exposure — after all, many grew up hearing them from parents, doctors, and in some cases, school programs.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Many cities and school districts are trying hard to line up job opportunities for young people.—
Dianna Douglas,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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With his gregarious nature and hard-drinking demeanor, Lobo is an intimidating extraterrestrial mercenary and bounty hunter, but his origin story is brutal, even by those standards.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
6 June 2026
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Instead, it will be shaped by intelligent systems that help physicians make better decisions, collaborate more effectively, and where the entire patient journey is diligently managed.—
Dr. Jonathan Reichental,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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But Thornton has been working diligently to get an increased role within the defense.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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One big concern is that screens are intensively stimulating for young people because they are held up close and engage young viewers with things such as fast cuts and colors.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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By the end of the seventeenth century, sassafras had become one of the primary exports of the early English colony of Jamestown, and the aromatic bark was harvested intensively for shipment to European markets.—
Kari Traylor,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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
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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,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2025
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But whoever does sign on will be intensely scrutinized while the Nielsen numbers are closely watched.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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However, researchers are increasingly exploring whether chronic stress, poor sleep, social isolation, and other lifestyle factors influence how intensely symptoms are experienced.—
Meggen Harris,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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Jack appeared to be just as tall as his dad, who could be seen intently watching the game.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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Not since David Beckham arrived to MLS in 2007 had the world so intently focused its attention of American domestic soccer.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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Louis, who attends one of Lestat’s concerts in the earlier episodes, but purposefully does not react to it.—
Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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“Laboriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laboriously. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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