All 3 Uses of
tedious
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- Neighbours, you are tedious.
Scene 3.5 *tedious = boring
- It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find in my heart to bestow it all of your worship.†
Scene 3.5tedious = boring or monotonous
- All thy tediousness on me!†
Scene 3.5tediousness = to be boring or monotonous
Definitions:
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(1)
(tedious) boring -- especially because something goes on too long or without variation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, tedious can mean "long and slow" or "progressing very slowly" without any implication of being dull or boring.