All 5 Uses of
tedious
in
Jane Eyre
- This note went the round of the committee, and at last, after what appeared to me most tedious delay, formal leave was given me to better my condition if I could; and an assurance added, that as I had always conducted myself well, both as teacher and pupil, at Lowood, a testimonial of character and capacity, signed by the inspectors of that institution, should forthwith be furnished me.†
p. 106.4tedious = boring or monotonous
- I am afraid you have had a tedious ride; John drives so slowly; you must be cold, come to the fire.†
p. 114.2 *
- Blanche Ingram, after having repelled, by supercilious taciturnity, some efforts of Mrs. Dent and Mrs. Eshton to draw her into conversation, had first murmured over some sentimental tunes and airs on the piano, and then, having fetched a novel from the library, had flung herself in haughty listlessness on a sofa, and prepared to beguile, by the spell of fiction, the tedious hours of absence.†
p. 219.8
- My journey seemed tedious — very tedious: fifty miles one day, a night spent at an inn; fifty miles the next day.†
p. 280.1
- My journey seemed tedious — very tedious: fifty miles one day, a night spent at an inn; fifty miles the next day.†
p. 280.1
Definition:
boring -- especially because something goes on too long or without variation