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Emil sortiert mühsam einen Berg handgeschriebener Lieferscheine, die der Regen durchweicht hat. Emil painstakingly sorts through a pile of handwritten delivery notes soaked by the rain.

adjective · C1

mühsam

[ˈmyːzaːm]

laborious, arduous, painstaking

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Other Examples

  • Der Anfang war mühsam, aber heute können wir von unserem Kurierdienst gut leben.

    The beginning was hard going, but today we can make a good living from our courier service.

  • Ist es nicht mühsam, jeden Tag mit drei Sprachen zu jonglieren?

    Isn't it tiring to juggle three languages every day?

  • Mühsam buchstabiert Otti den langen Straßennamen auf dem Schild, Silbe für Silbe.

    Laboriously, Otti spells out the long street name on the sign, syllable by syllable.

Grammar

Comparative
mühsamer Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am mühsamsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

müh root sam suffix

Word family

die Mühebemühenmühelosdie Bemühung

In Otti's situations: Emil looks back on ten years as a courier

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