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laboriosus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • industrious adjective Working hard and steadily; diligent.
  • laborious adj Requiring a great deal of physical effort; tiring and hard work.
  • painful adj Causing physical or emotional pain.

Senses

laboriosus is used for these senses in English:

  • industrious Hard-working and persistent.
  • laborious Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
  • painful Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. [from 15th c.]
  • toilsome Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.

laborious — full definition

  1. adj Requiring a great deal of physical effort; tiring and hard work.
  2. adj Slow, difficult, and demanding careful effort mentally, rather than fun or quick.

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