Synonyms for arduously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : ahr-joo-uhs or, esp. British, ahr-dyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr dʒu əs or, esp. British, ˈɑr dyu-

Définition of arduously

Origin : 1530s, "hard to accomplish, difficult to do," from Latin arduus "high, steep," also figuratively, "difficult," from PIE root *eredh- "to grow, high" (see ortho-). Literal sense of "high, steep, difficult to climb," attested in English from 1709.

adv hard

Example sentences :

She studied music, arduously playing accompaniments for her mother.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

It was as if every morning that ship had been arduously explored with—with toothbrushes.
Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

"You have been working most arduously, Senor Carson," said Quesada.
Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey

Gifted with a naturally fine organ, he has cultivated it arduously and to excellent purpose.
Extract from : « Vocal Mastery » by Harriette Brower

Arduously, but without avail, she searched through all the drawers and cupboards of the Rattle-Pane kitchen.
Extract from : « Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Bill was arduously cooking his dinner, bending over the fire, and toiling like a blacksmith.
Extract from : « The Open Boat and Other Stories » by Stephen Crane

As he saw it, society would grow better only through the painfully slow and arduously painful processes of evolution.
Extract from : « The Night-Born » by Jack London

The reputation we have been building up so arduously for years has been swept away in two short hours.
Extract from : « Following the Color Line » by Ray Stannard Baker

However, by dint of arduously plying the axe and crowbar, an opening was at length made whence the fire could be got at.
Extract from : « The Wreck of the Nancy Bell » by J. C. Hutcheson

For where joy reigns on every side, to hunt for it arduously, or amidst pomp and circumstances, is to lose it.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

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