Read this sentence from Paragraph 1 of the passage.
Forty-seven years ago one of these Calaveras King Sequoias was laboriously cut down, that the stump might be had for a dancing-floor.
Then read this dictionary entry.
laboriously adv. 1. with great attention to detail; 2. with excessive effort; 3. without spontaneity
What does the word laboriously mean in the sentence from the passage?
1. with difficulty
2. with accuracy
3. in a dull manner
4. in a simple manner