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(ŏp'ə-rōs') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Involving great labor; laborious.
  2. Industrious; diligent.

[Latin operōsus, from opus, oper-, work.]

operosely op'er·ose'ly adv.
operoseness op'er·ose'ness n.

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