adj. 1 needing hard work or toil (a laborious task). 2 (esp. of literary style) showing signs of toil; pedestrian; not fluent. laboriously adv. laboriousness n.
[ ME f. OF laborieus f. L laboriosus (as LABOUR) ]
adj. 1 needing hard work or toil (a laborious task). 2 (esp. of literary style) showing signs of toil; pedestrian; not fluent. laboriously adv. laboriousness n.
[ ME f. OF laborieus f. L laboriosus (as LABOUR) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012