tediously

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adverb

In a tedious or wearisome manner.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adverbtediously (comparative more tediously, superlative most tediously)

comparative more tediously · superlative most tediously

  1. 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]
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    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

  1. Middle Englishtedyously
  2. Englishtediously

From Middle English tedyously; equivalent to tedious + -ly.

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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
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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