Synonyms of laboriously

laboriously

adverb

1

as in actively

in a manner involving great or constant activity

working laboriously late into the night in order to meet the deadline

Synonyms & Similar Words

• actively
• diligently
• busily
• vigorously
• assiduously
• industriously
• energetically
• tirelessly
• indefatigably

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idly
• sleepily
• inactively
• lifelessly

2

as in hard

with great effort or determination

the farmer laboriously pruned all season long to produce the finest crop of grapes possible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hard
• diligently
• intensively
• arduously
• intensely
• intently
• purposefully
• determinedly
• assiduously
• continuously
• doggedly
• resolutely
• industriously
• sedulously
• slavishly
• strenuously
• actively
• vigorously
• mightily
• steadily
• busily
• hardly
• painstakingly
• thoroughly
• briskly
• energetically
• feverishly
• amain
• dynamically
• exhaustively
• conscientiously
• meticulously
• vehemently
• seriously
• steadfastly
• zealously
• animatedly
• spiritedly
• unremittingly
• attentively
• unrelentingly
• earnestly
• tirelessly
• ardently
• willfully
• ploddingly
• indefatigably
• stubbornly
• untiringly
• obstinately
• unabatedly
• unflaggingly
• wearilessly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• casually
• lazily
• wearily
• languidly
• halfheartedly
• sluggishly
• listlessly
• tiredly
• desultorily
• indolently
• lackadaisically
• shiftlessly
• spiritlessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of laboriously

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

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

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