Tedious: alternatives and connections

Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with refere…

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Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with refere…

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Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimon…

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Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimon…

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Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

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Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

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of Bore

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of Deaden

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.

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Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.

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Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a ve…

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Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.

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Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.

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Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war.

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