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| 1. | [ adjective ] characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | |
| Synonyms: | hard grueling punishing heavy laborious labourious gruelling toilsome backbreaking | |
| Examples: | "worked their arduous way up the mining valley" "a grueling campaign" "hard labor" "heavy work" "heavy going" "spent many laborious hours on the project" |
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| Related terms: | effortful | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | |
| Synonyms: | straining strenuous | |
| Examples: | "his final, straining burst of speed" "a strenuous task" "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt |
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| Related terms: | effortful | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill | |
| Examples: | "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary" |
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| Related terms: | difficult | |
| Similar spelling: |
arduously ArtsD arethusa |
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