Meanings
adverblabouringly (comparative more labouringly, superlative most labouringly)
comparative more labouringly · superlative most labouringly · alternative laboringly
- With labour; strenuously.
Thirty-two years since, up against the sun, / Seven shapes, thin atomies to lower sight, / Labouringly leapt and gained thy gabled height, / And four lives paid for what the seven had won.
1901, Thomas Hardy, Zermatt to the Matterhorn
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APA
labouringly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labouringly
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“labouringly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labouringly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labouringly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labouringly.
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