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tedious
(encz) | tedious,nudný adj: |
tedious
(encz) | tedious,otravný adj: luke |
tedious
(encz) | tedious,zdlouhavý adj: luke |
Tedious
(gcide) | Tedious \Te"di*ous\, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See
Tedium.]
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity,
slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. --
Te"di*ous*ness, n.
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I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak.
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I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan.
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Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.
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tedious
(wn) | tedious
adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening
effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his
competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who
couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task
the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious
days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"-
Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully
wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum,
irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
2: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy)
speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods";
"newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials";
"proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: {long-
winded}, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
tedious
(encz) | tedious,nudný adj: tedious,otravný adj: luketedious,zdlouhavý adj: luke |
tediously
(encz) | tediously,nudně adv: luketediously,otravně adv: luketediously,zdlouhavě adv: luke |
tediousness
(encz) | tediousness,nudnost n: Zdeněk Brožtediousness,únava n: luke |
Overtedious
(gcide) | Overtedious \O`ver*te"di*ous\, a.
Too tedious.
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Tediously
(gcide) | Tedious \Te"di*ous\, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See
Tedium.]
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity,
slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. --
Te"di*ous*ness, n.
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I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak.
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I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan.
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Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.
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Tediousness
(gcide) | Tedious \Te"di*ous\, a. [L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See
Tedium.]
Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity,
slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. --
Te"di*ous*ness, n.
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I see a man's life is a tedious one. --Shak.
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I would not be tedious to the court. --Bunyan.
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Syn: Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome.
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tedious
(wn) | tedious
adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening
effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his
competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who
couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task
the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious
days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"-
Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully
wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum,
irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
2: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy)
speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods";
"newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials";
"proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: {long-
winded}, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy] |
tediously
(wn) | tediously
adv 1: in a tedious manner; "boringly slow work"; "he plodded
tediously forward" [syn: boringly, tediously,
tiresomely] |
tediousness
(wn) | tediousness
n 1: dullness owing to length or slowness [syn: tediousness,
tedium, tiresomeness] |
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