Both Uses of
laborious
in
The Age of Innocence
- It was after twelve o'clock when this laborious vehicle dropped him at old Catherine's.†
Chpt 27 *
- She was so placed that Archer, by merely raising his eyes, could see her bent above her work-frame, her ruffled elbow-sleeves slipping back from her firm round arms, the betrothal sapphire shining on her left hand above her broad gold wedding-ring, and the right hand slowly and laboriously stabbing the canvas.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(laborious) difficult (requiring hard work)