- Boxed in - Monopolised - Took the bend and got trapped - of Corner - 1 Having corners or angles. - In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
- Laboriously - Leadenly - Weightily - In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear
heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded. - As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and
laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering
manner; sorrowfully.