All 3 Uses of
tedious
in
Gifted Hands
- The 17 hours of laborious, tedious, painstaking operating on such tiny patients had progressed well, all things considered.†
p. 7.9tedious = boring or monotonous
- I could handle lengthy operations because while training under Dr. Long, I had learned his philosophy and techniques, which included how to keep going, hour after tedious hour, without yielding to fatigue.†
p. 130.5
- Slowly, carefully, for eight tedious hours I inched away the inflamed left hemisphere of Maranda's brain.†
p. 146.3 *
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.