tediously
3
5.8
- adverb
- /ˈtiːdiəsli/
:
tediosamente
- When school days become tediously repetitious, students drift off into a world of daydreams.
- tediously slow
- tediously long
- tediously explained
Examples
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So the testimony moved slowly as Bosch tediously explained the location and origin of each fingerprint found and identified in the house.
Fiction book (2001) -
The bureaucracy is tediously slow, while the legislature works at light speed.
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- And it goes on like that... tediously, day in and day out.
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There are over 150 of these tediously similar stories for little girls now!
Blog text (33) -
The landing craft made its way tediously toward the beach.
Fiction book (2002) -
School days are long and often tediously repetitious.
Academic text (2001) -
The meal passed tediously, and there was an unmistakable sense of relief when it was finally finished.
Fiction book (1992) -
When school days become tediously repetitious, students drift off into a world of daydreams.
Academic text (2001) -
And then his consummate laziness and lack of imagination became tediously self-evident.
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Parker would trek to courthouses and assessor offices in Southern California and tediously page through musty volumes of property records.
Synonyms
3
3.5
Again and again in the same way, often causing boredom or annoyance
3
2.7
In a way that makes people lose interest
1
5.5
In a boring way that annoys people
1
6.2
In a dull, repeated way that is not interesting
In a dull, boring way that makes people lose interest
In a boring way that does not keep people's attention
Antonyms
How Boring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tediously comes from the Latin word taedium, and it is the same root as tedium, which meant 'weariness' or 'boredom'. So to do something tediously is to do it in a way that makes people feel tired or bored because it is long or repetitive.