All 3 Uses
tedious
in
Holes, by Louis Sachar
(Edited)
- The reader probably still has some questions, but unfortunately, from here on in, the answers tend to be long and tedious.
p. 230.1tedious = boring
- Even the contents of the suitcase turned out to be somewhat tedious.
p. 230.3
- But it would be boring to go through all the tedious details of all the changes in their lives.
p. 230.9 *
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.