labouringly

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From labouring +‎ -ly.

Adverb

labouringly (comparative more labouringly, superlative most labouringly)

  1. With labour; strenuously.
    • 1901, Thomas Hardy, Zermatt to the Matterhorn:
      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.
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