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Synonyms for tiresomely


Grammar : Adv
Spell : tahyuhr-suhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪər səm



Définition of tiresomely

Origin :
  • "tedious," c.1500, from tire (v.) + -some (1). Related: Tiresomely; tiresomeness.
  • As in laboriously : adv strenuously
Example sentences :
  • Art of this tiresomely technical kind can be taught to any one.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • But the boys were born selfish, tiresomely, disgustingly selfish.
  • Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders
  • But he did not heed her tiresomely obvious remark, and plunged onwards.
  • Extract from : « At The Relton Arms » by Evelyn Sharp
  • Willing and brave as the men were, the movements were tiresomely slow and laggard.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • It was not merely that he was constitutionally impatient of delay, but that his nerves were tiresomely on edge just now.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • You are always so tiresomely silent, Don, whether you think a thing true or not true.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest » by Margaret Vandercook
  • None of these things will he find; nor, indeed, anything else that is tiresomely and absurdly modern.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • By reason of his uncertain movements he is unable to draw his food in the usual way, and yet insists, tiresomely, on being fed.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 » by Various
  • It was from Harriet, a curious, incoherent screed; tiresomely detailed as to her plans, painfully brief as to important issues.
  • Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell
  • She is so tiresomely heedless and provoking, and sometimes I really wonder if she has any heart.'
  • Extract from : « The Rectory Children » by Mrs Molesworth

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