TEDIOUSLY

boringly, tediously, tiresomely

(adverb) in a tedious manner; “boringly slow work”; “he plodded tediously forward”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

tediously (comparative more tediously, superlative most tediously)

In a tedious or wearisome manner.

Anagrams

• outyields

Source: Wiktionary


TEDIOUS

Te"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium.]

Definition: Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome.

– Te"di*ous*ly, adv.

– Te"di*ous*ness, n. I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak. I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan.

Syn.

– Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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