drudgingly

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adverb

In a drudging manner

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laboriouslytiresomely
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Meanings

adverbdrudgingly (comparative more drudgingly, superlative most drudgingly)

comparative more drudgingly · superlative most drudgingly

  1. In a drudging manner

    […] It is not ſo decorous in reſpect of God, that he ſhould αὐτουργεῖν ἅπαντα [autourgeîn hápanta], ſet his ovvn hand as it vvere to every vvork, and immediately do all the meaneſt and triflingſt things himſelf drudgingly, vvithout making uſe of any inferior or ſubordinate Miniſters.

    1691, John Ray, “The Cartesian Hypothesis Considered and Censured”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, page 39

    Synonyms: laboriously, tiresomely

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a drudging manner

Similar
laboriouslytiresomely

Origin

From drudging + -ly.

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APA

drudgingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drudgingly

MLA

“drudgingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drudgingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drudgingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drudgingly.

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