Some articles on arduous:
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More definitions of "arduous":
- (adj): Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
Example: "Worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
Synonyms: backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome
- (adj): Difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill.
Example: "The arduous work of preparing a dictionary"
Famous quotes containing the word arduous:
“This monument, so imposing and tasteful, fittingly typifies the grand and symmetrical character of him in whose honor it has been builded. His was “the arduous greatness of things done.” No friendly hands constructed and placed for his ambition a ladder upon which he might climb. His own brave hands framed and nailed the cleats upon which he climbed to the heights of public usefulness and fame.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)
“You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases housework is the most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“Thoroughly to unfold the labyrinths of the human mind is an arduous task.... In order to dive into those recesses and lay them open to the reader in a striking and intelligible manner, ‘tis necessary to assume a certain freedom in writing, not strictly perhaps within the limits prescribed by rules.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)