arduously
/'ɑ:djuəsli/
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Definition
- Adverb:
- In a manner requiring great effort, energy, or endurance; strenuously: Describes an action performed with significant difficulty or hard work.
- In a laborious or demanding way: Indicates that something is done with much toil and perseverance.
Usage
The adverb "arduously" is used to modify a verb, describing how an action is performed. It emphasizes the extreme effort, difficulty, or labor involved in completing a task. It is a formal word often found in written contexts.
Examples
- Adverb:
- The team trained arduously for the championship.
- She studied arduously to master the complex subject.
- The explorers climbed arduously up the steep mountain face.
Advanced Usage
- "to work arduously": to work with great and sustained effort.
- The scientists worked arduously for years on the breakthrough.
- "to strive arduously": to try very hard and persistently to achieve something.
- He strove arduously to improve his skills.
Variants and Related Words
- Arduous (adjective): Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
- an arduous journey
- Arduousness (noun): The quality of requiring strenuous effort.
- the arduousness of the task
Synonyms
- Laboriously: In a way that requires considerable time and effort.
- Strenuously: With great effort and energy.
- Tirelessly: In an untiring manner; with persistent effort.
- Painstakingly: With great care and thoroughness.
Antonyms
- Easily: Without difficulty or effort.
- Effortlessly: In a manner requiring no apparent effort.
- Lightly: Without serious consideration or effort.
Related Phrases
- Against all odds: Succeeding despite very low probability of success (often involves arduous effort).
- They succeeded against all odds, having worked arduously for a decade.
- An uphill battle/struggle: A very difficult task requiring great effort.
- Recovering from the injury was an uphill battle, requiring arduously long rehabilitation sessions.
Adverb
- in an arduous manner
- they worked arduously