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Meanings of operose in English

Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.

hard
heavy
punishing
laborious
arduous

gruelling
grueling
toilsome
backbreaking

Related terms

effortful

Usage of operose in English

Some of the Xenia are far-fetched and operose, while others sound rather vacuous. 
 The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller 

But what an operose method! 
 Essays — Second Series 

Frequent collocations

operose method

Operose through the time

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Meanings of operose in English