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ARDUOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
Example:
the arduous work of preparing a dictionary
Classified under:
Similar:
difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
Derivation:
arduousness (extreme effortfulness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Example:
set a punishing pace
Synonyms:
arduous; backbreaking; grueling; gruelling; hard; heavy; laborious; operose; punishing; toilsome
Classified under:
Similar:
effortful (requiring great physical effort)
Derivation:
arduousness (extreme effortfulness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
Example:
your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
effortful (requiring great physical effort)
Derivation:
arduousness (extreme effortfulness)
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