All 8 Uses of
tedious
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- The thought of spending the rest of the day copying out the tedious Book of Numbers sobered me deeply as I watched my father go.
Chpt 1 *tedious = boring or monotonous
- Now, after stretching his wings he retracts them again, stretches out his head, and waddles, making his tedious way up one branch and down another.†
Chpt 2
- The cross-stitch itself was tedious, but the prospects were beautiful; Mother had the foresight to give me a botanical motif, knowing how I love green and growing things.†
Chpt 2
- At the great wooden table where we had spent many a tedious hour studying algebra and the Holy Roman Empire, we now sat down to take stock.†
Chpt 3
- If he was even still listening, he must have considered me a tedious child.†
Chpt 3
- Nelson drew his knife and knelt to help me with the tedious work of cutting through the tendons and peeling back the pelt.†
Chpt 4
- For many tedious seconds I sat on the edge of my cot, swallowing indecision and tears.†
Chpt 5
- I can vaguely recall its twin red taillights ahead of us on the dark jungle road, bumping along tediously, and the false starts of an afternoon thundershower.†
Chpt 5tediously = in a boring or monotonous manner
Definition:
boring -- especially because something goes on too long or without variation