All 3 Uses of
laborious
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- She wondered if he did not understand the laboriousness of the smile with which she listened to Kennicott's account of the "good one he had on Carrie," that marital, coyly improper, ten-times-told tale of how she had forgotten to attend to Hugh because she was "all het up pounding the box"—which may be translated as "eagerly playing the piano."†
Chpt 23laboriousness = difficulty
- She was cynical about the joys of a simple laborious life.†
Chpt 24 *laborious = difficult
- Go with you to the funeral," she said laboriously.†
Chpt 26laboriously = with difficulty
Definition:
difficult (requiring hard work)