Both Uses of
tedious
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Beside the provisions lay the flute, whose notes had lately been called forth by the lonely watcher to beguile a tedious hour.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- A composite feeling, made up of disgust with the, to him, humdrum tediousness of a farmer's life, gloomy images of her who lay in the churchyard, remorse, and a general averseness to his wife's society, impelled him to seek a home in any place on earth save Weatherbury.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(tedious) boring -- especially because something goes on too long or without variation