Meanings
comparative more tediously · superlative most tediously
- In a tedious or wearisome manner.
And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]2 more examples
The original Sniper: Ghost Warrior was a surprise hit when it was released in 2010. A surprise because it seemed an unequivocally awful game, with half broken graphics and artificial intelligence, a tediously linear story campaign, and an undernourished multiplayer mode.
2013 March 19, “Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 review – scope for improvement”, in The Metro (UK)I can look back over the years of Down Home On The Farm and say that regardless of whether I wrote a column, I would be hammering and painting, enjoying the challenge of gardening and tediously feeding and caring for poultry.
1998 April/May, Megg Miller, “Down Home on the Farm”, in Grass Roots, number 126, Grass Roots Publishing Pty Ltd, page 76, column 3
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a tedious manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishtedyously
- Englishtediously
From Middle English tedyously; equivalent to tedious + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tediosament
- tediosamentin a tedious manner
Finnish pitkäveteisesti
- pitkäveteisestiin a tedious manner
Italian tediosamente
- tediosamentein a tedious manner
Portuguese tediosamente
- tediosamentein a tedious manner
Russian ску́чно
- ску́чно (skúčno)in a tedious manner
Spanish tediosamente
- tediosamentein a tedious manner
Cite this entry
tediously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tediously
“tediously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tediously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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