laborious
Common misspellings:
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- laborous (87.9%)
- labourious (12.1%)
Usage examples for laborious:
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" That's because she is fond of you, too," suggested Gray, thinking of the girl's laborious attempts to teach poor Mandy to dance.
"The Power and the Glory" – Grace MacGowan Cooke -
If there came rain, it was even more difficult to keep the fire permanently burning; and, after rain, to reproduce fire was extremely laborious
"The White Chief of the Caffres" – A.W. Drayson -
It was evident that he was either endeavouring to remember or to invent, and it seemed rather like the latter and more laborious operation of mind.
"Kenelm Chillingly, Complete" – Edward Bulwer-Lytton