All 3 Uses of
tedious
in
Summer Pleasures, by Nora Roberts
- He'd enjoyed his conversation with her the day before, and as often as not, he found conversations tedious.†
Chpt 1.2 *tedious = boring or monotonous
- The world's a grim place...worse, often tedious.†
Chpt 1.3
- I find them tedious, childish, foolish and indispensable.†
Chpt 2.1
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.