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toilsome

[ toil-suhm ]

/ ˈtɔɪl səm /

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adjective

characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.

Origin of toilsome

First recorded in 1575–85; toil¹ + -some¹

SYNONYMS FOR toilsome

wearisome, arduous, strenuous, tiring.

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OTHER WORDS FROM toilsome

toil·some·ly, adverb toil·some·ness, noun

Words nearby toilsome

toilet water, toilet-train, toiletry, toilette, toilful, toilsome, toilworn, toise, toitoi, tojo, tok pisin

Example sentences from the Web for toilsomely

Loose-skirted scarecrow of an Herb-merchant, with his ass and early greens, toilsomely plodding, seems the only creature we meet.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle
Kid was there with a pick and shovel, toilsomely digging a hole in the hard adobe soil.

Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories |Florence Finch Kelly
Night fell while the travellers were toilsomely penetrating further into the West Riding of Yorkshire.

A Gentleman Player |Robert Neilson Stephens
Indeed, as before hinted, the lasso confining the captive was composed of selected horsehair, and toilsomely and deftly plaited.

The Red River Half-Breed |Gustave Aimard

There is no steep slope corresponding to that which we have ascended so toilsomely, only a gentle incline towards the Zambesi.

Stanley in Africa |James P. Boyd

British Dictionary definitions for toilsomely

toilsome

toilful

/ (ˈtɔɪlsəm) /

adjective

laborious

Derived forms of toilsome

toilsomely or toilfully, adverb toilsomeness or toilfulness, noun