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tedious
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- Though if the next forty-nine hours and forty-five minutes are this tedious, she doesn't know if she'll be able to stand it.†
p. 52.8 *tedious = boring or monotonous
- Much of her work came from the sisters Rosenblum downstairs, who did fine finish work and gladly passed along to Mam the more tedious tasks.†
p. 71.1
- Mingling in this wide swath of strangers shifts my attention from myself, that tedious subject, to the world around me.†
p. 225.9
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.