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- adverb Rare spelling of
laboriously .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Emulations-trying to fit the original with what you can,but doing so labourously and without inovation-not good.
Why People Prefer The Book to The Movie | The Movie Blog 2006
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For years they had been engaged labourously in rolling uphill the stone of Sisyphus, making active friendships and seeking a fair trial.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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He drew from his pocket the torn paper, and as an act of justice to the friends he felt that he was about to betray, he labourously made a copy of the difficult French handwriting.
The Inn at the Red Oak Latta Griswold
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