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- adverb With
labour ;strenuously .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As our breath returned to us, slowly and labouringly did she rise, heavy and waterlogged; how unlike the buoyant creature she had been a few moments before.
Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Julia de Winton
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But in a moment she turned beside him and began the ascent, slowly, labouringly, as if every step gave her pain.
Greatheart 1910
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I heard him, more master of himself, say labouringly, "Down at the bridge near A Battery ....
Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
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"I have, though with hesitation, permitted Amy to tell you the cheering words, by which our beloved patient confirms my belief that reason is coming back to her, -- slowly, labouringly, but if she survive, for permanent restoration.
A Strange Story — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"I have, though with hesitation, permitted Amy to tell you the cheering words, by which our beloved patient confirms my belief that reason is coming back to her, -- slowly, labouringly, but if she survive, for permanent restoration.
A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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