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  • 21hard — /hahrd/, adj., harder, hardest, adv., harder, hardest, n. adj. 1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish;… …

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  • 22la|bo´ri|ous|ness — la|bo|ri|ous «luh BR ee uhs, BOHR », adjective. 1. needing or taking much effort; requiring hard work: »Hoeing a garden is laborious. SYNONYM(S): toilsome, arduous, onerous, wearisome. 2. showing signs of effort; not easy; labored: »The girl who… …

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  • 23la|bo´ri|ous|ly — la|bo|ri|ous «luh BR ee uhs, BOHR », adjective. 1. needing or taking much effort; requiring hard work: »Hoeing a garden is laborious. SYNONYM(S): toilsome, arduous, onerous, wearisome. 2. showing signs of effort; not easy; labored: »The girl who… …

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  • 24la|bo|ri|ous — «luh BR ee uhs, BOHR », adjective. 1. needing or taking much effort; requiring hard work: »Hoeing a garden is laborious. SYNONYM(S): toilsome, arduous, onerous, wearisome. 2. showing signs of effort; not easy; labored: »The girl who was always… …

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  • 25effortful — adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting, tiring,… …

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  • 26exhausting tiring wearing wearying — effortful effortful adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome};… …

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  • 27Painful — Pain ful, a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a… …

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  • 28Painfully — Painful Pain ful, a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful… …

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  • 29Painfulness — Painful Pain ful, a. 1. Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful… …

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  • 30José Antonio Primo de Rivera — For other people called Jose Rivera, see Jose Rivera (disambiguation). This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Primo de Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Sáenz de Heredia. José Antonio Primo de… …

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