All 3 Uses
tedious
in
The Thief, by Turner
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- Donkeys would not have been so tedious.†
Chpt 6 *tedious = boring or monotonous
- I left that corridor and began the tedious work of measuring the maze, using the line Pol had given me.†
Chpt 9
- On one visit he mentioned that Sophos had spent his days in the palace pointing out to one cousin after another that my tedious vow about handling a sword had been honorably retired.†
Chpt 12
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.