The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “It’s said to be the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle”, 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : LABORIOUS
laborious – a
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”; “a grueling campaign”; “hard labor”; “heavy work”; “heavy going”; “spent many laborious hours on the project”; “set a punishing pace”
SYNONYMS
active, assiduous, bustling, busy, diligent, employed, engaged, hopping, industrious, occupied, sedulous, tied-up, working
IN A SENTENCE
a slow and laborious process
the volunteers have been commendably laborious in their cleanup of the beach
Without the support of automation, many industries struggle with high turnover in positions that include repetitive and laborious tasks.
ETYMOLOGY
late 14c., “hard-working, industrious,” from Old French laborios “arduous, wearisome; hard-working” (12c., Modern French laborieux), from Latin laboriosus “toilsome, wearisome, troublesome,” also “inclined to labor, industrious,” from labor “toil, exertion” (see labor (n.)). Meaning “costing much labor, burdensome” is from early 15c.; meaning “resulting from hard work” is mid-15c. Related: Laboriousness.
More Clues
- TACT It’s said to be “the art of recognizing when to be big and when not to belittle”
- MIGHTY My tea said to be big and impressive
- NEEDLECRAFT Could it be the art of inoculation?
- NEARER TO Having a better chance of recognizing
- LABORIOUS Doubtful claiming to be large and posh, I left promises to pay debts
- AMBIGUOUS Doubtful claiming to be large and posh, I left promises to pay debts
- ELEPHANTINE Just like Nellie to be large and clumsy
- BELGIAN A European could be big and lean
- REAL THING The genuine article could be large and thin
- TOME It’s bound to be big
- EPIC Ignore the odds of disco record heading to be huge
- KRAKENS Legendary sea monsters resembling giant squids, said to be big enough to reach the top of a sailing ship’s main mast and to dwell off the coast of Norway
- TEEN Soon-to-be adult
- ONTO Recognizing the intentions of
- KEEN Recognizing
- IMMENSE I’m building a front extension on my semi on the outskirts of Minchinhampton — it’s going to be huge!
- KINGFISHER One leading chess player’s heard to be big-headed and beaky sort
- DIPPER Bird said to be big or little in Canadian skies
- CLOSED SEASON To pepper, or when not to pepper pheasant?
- CAPACIOUS Top account promises to be large
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