All 7 Uses
tedious
in
An Ideal Husband
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- Horribly tedious parties they give, don't they?†
Act 1tedious = boring or monotonous
- Horribly tedious!†
Act 1
- What a tedious, practical subject for you to talk about, Mrs. Cheveley!†
Act 1
- Oh, I like tedious, practical subjects.†
Act 1
- What I don't like are tedious, practical people.
Act 1 *tedious = boring
- I don't regret my tedious journey from Vienna now.†
Act 1tedious = boring or monotonous
- One of those utterly tedious amusements one only finds at an English country house on an English country Sunday.†
Act 3
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) Much more rarely, tedious can mean "long and slow" or "progressing very slowly" without any implication of being dull or boring.