Both Uses of
laborious
in
Dubliners
- Beyond the river he saw a goods train winding out of Kingsbridge Station, like a worm with a fiery head winding through the darkness, obstinately and laboriously.†
Chpt 11
- It passed slowly out of sight; but still he heard in his ears the laborious drone of the engine reiterating the syllables of her name.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(laborious) difficult (requiring hard work)